Are votes on HN 1-to-1 with activity, or at least roughly linear? I know Reddit scales votes based on the subreddit's popularity, but I always thought seeing po

Are votes on HN 1-to-1 with activity, or at least roughly linear? I know Reddit scales votes based on the subreddit's popularity, but I always thought seeing posts with 4000 votes seemed suspiciously low. Certainly this site _feels_ like it's busier.