I think it is more politics vs technical stuff. Political stuff is recognized by headlines 'bigcorp does X' kind of story, political news, huge number of commen

I think it is more politics vs technical stuff. Political stuff is recognized by headlines 'bigcorp does X' kind of story, political news, huge number of comments, and lots of downvotes for me :-) technical content is usually very relevant, but lately the noise tends to drown out the techies, very sad development - if you ask me. I would love some filter that just makes the political stories disappear.