It should be obvious to folks on HN why a Github issue that may go completely unseen by a large swath of the go community, or +1's which can be gamed/trolled, s

It should be obvious to folks on HN why a Github issue that may go completely unseen by a large swath of the go community, or +1's which can be gamed/trolled, should not be taken as a valid measure. But it must be explained I guess.