Poll: Help my MVP: do you value the discussion or the links more?

A few times recently I've submitted items which have quickly got a few upvotes, then even more quickly got flagged into oblivion. It's clear that while HN is an active and lively community, and my interests overlap with it, some of my interests are outside what is considered "on topic." As a result I'm working on developing a community that caters to those who are marginalised or simply "off-topic" here on HN.

This poll is initial research for my MVP.

In the interests of full disclosure I submitted this same question about 12 hours ago. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it gained a few upvotes and got to the front page, but then very rapidly got flagged into oblivion. Within about 10 minutes it wasn't ranked in the top 1000 items. I guess it fell foul of those who take extreme exception to "meta" on HN, but I'm hoping this will survive long enough to give me the indication I need.

When I first arrived at HN I found that the links were really good, and the discussions were better. As time has gone by I've found that I've changed, the site has changed, my interests have shifted, and so my perception of the relative values has changed.

I was wondering about others. What do you value more - the discussion? Or the links? And how does that correlate with your time here.

The question of time is a completely arbitrary one, and relies on your own perception. Some have been here for years, but only recently become active, other have only been here a short time, but are active, etc. I know that polls like this are not statistically significant because of self-selection, and this one even more so because of self-characterization, but I'm interested to know what people themselves think, before I consider doing something more serious.

I know this looks like a lot of options, but it boils down to long-standing or not, active or not, and then the question I've asked - discussions or links.

So thanks in advance for your time and efforts in helping me - and potentially others - to better understand this community, and perhaps to create another that complements it.

ADDED IN EDIT: I don't like asking for upvotes, but this item will completely fail in its purpose if it simply falls off "/newest" and doesn't get seen by enough people. I don't care about the karma, I'd just like the insight. Thx. (and sorry)