[kerkeslager]

It's no excuse, but I see a reason for this: most people feel they understand these irrelevant topics better than they understand the scalability features of the infrastructure Reddit has built. People talk about their comfort zone.

[alanctgardner2]

This is the fundamental rule of bikeshedding, which HN has discussed, decried and regurgitated since time immemorial.

[dpatrick86]

Spot on observation IMO