Same for me. Years ago Slashdot and then the programming subreddit and now Hacker News. The reddit voting system is pretty sophisticated with different ranking

Same for me. Years ago Slashdot and then the programming subreddit and now Hacker News. The reddit voting system is pretty sophisticated with different ranking options for comments (hot, top, best, controversial, new, old). So why am I here? The reddit submissions and comments are sometimes extra one-sided and sensational worded to get more upvotes. I guess this is the bane of popularity.