I have noticed there are much less programming/hacking stories recently and tried to upvote the few remaining even if they are not particularly interesting to m

I have noticed there are much less programming/hacking stories recently and tried to upvote the few remaining even if they are not particularly interesting to me. If this site becomes exclusively about startups, I don't think it would be interesting to me. Also much more stories where what is said is supposed to be important mostly because of who said it. I believe popularity contests are inherently against core hacker values.