It's not our posts but reader comments that make Lifehacker the place to discuss new software and technology. Let's take a look back at the posts that got the most comments in 2008.
Ask the Readers: What Free Software are You Most Grateful For? (914 comments)
Just prior to Thanksgiving, readers show an outpouring of love for their favorite free software. On Thanksgiving, we tallied up the items mentioned in this thread into a mega-list of 46 pieces of free software we're most thankful for.
Hive Five Call for Contenders: Best File Compression Tools? (841 comments)
LH readers show their passion for ZIP files in their votes for the best file compression tools; the top five vote-getters battled it out here and the free 7-Zip took home the crown.
Ask the Readers: What's the Best Keyboard You've Ever Used? (782 comments)
We asked what your favorite model of keyboard is, and you told us: then we tallied up the votes and reported back in our follow-up post, the best keyboard you've ever typed on.
Hive Five Call for Contenders: Best Desktop Media Player? (713 comments)
The tribe spoke and we listened to the responses to our call for best desktop media player; then the top five vote-getters battled it out in a reader poll.
Hive Five Call for Contenders: Best Remote Desktop Tools? (700 comments)
Readers vote for their favorite and we rounded up the five best remote desktop tools. (Windows Remote Desktop connection took home the crown in the end.)
Hive Five Call for Contenders: Best Text Editor? (648 comments)
We love our plain text editors and so do you; here are the five best text editors as voted by our readership in this active thread.
Not surprisingly, the call for votes in our popular Hive Five feature dominates this list. For more Hive Five goodness, see our best of the best rundown of the Hive Five winners.
Thanks for all the insight, instruction, constructive criticism, enthusiasm, wit, and participation in the comments here at the site in 2008. Lifehacker loves you, and we're looking forward to more great discussions in 2009.