Look, this is a cute response and all, but downvotes and upvotes expose the posts that the "group" (in this case, the larger HN community) tend to believe in th

Look, this is a cute response and all, but downvotes and upvotes expose the posts that the "group" (in this case, the larger HN community) tend to believe in the most. If 2 posts rise to the top, it suggests to me that there's an overlap in people that are upvoting those 2 posts.