For such a "meritocratic" community as HN aspires to be, people here are often very finicky (and would rather upvote low-effort content marketing and boring VC

For such a "meritocratic" community as HN aspires to be, people here are often very finicky (and would rather upvote low-effort content marketing and boring VC news). As are HN's nebulous and often arbitraty "penalty" factors that nudge the frontpage ranking. There constantly are many hidden gems (or just good posts) that get flagged resulting in collateral damage. It's almost as if HN was a mini version of what many people rightfully are bashing here - a mini-Facebook! Browse /new often, folks, for what you won't know you had missed!