[user24]

Thanks for the reply. I understand a little more about what you're trying to achieve now. And actually I agree with you.

> Lots of submissions get votes because they are, in PG's words, "intensely but shallowly interesting."

Agreed. The "High quality typefaces" (nee "25 new free high quality fonts") post is a prime example imho. And yet trying to point this out is frowned upon massively - complaining in any way that a popular submission isn't hackerly or doesn't fit is a surefire way to get downvoted into oblivion (and, I guess, whinging isn't going to get anyone anywhere, so fair enough).

Perhaps we need more emphasis on flagging articles as opposed to upvoting them.

A HN style site where you can only downvote articles, and the least downvoted rise to the top would be interesting.