There's something to be said that the monoculture path or end result - if that's what we think is the trend - is more a function more broadly of either technolo

There's something to be said that the monoculture path or end result - if that's what we think is the trend - is more a function more broadly of either technology or some cultural norm. Because it's so incredibly widespread outside of HN, the comment voting behavior here seems to me more like a symptom of a broader problem than a design artifact.