I can obviously only speak for myself, but generally I agree with you. I come to that conclusion because up-votes are generally very concentrated on a few posts

I can obviously only speak for myself, but generally I agree with you. I come to that conclusion because up-votes are generally very concentrated on a few posts, rather than more evenly distributed. even though that that might be a result of the actual interestingness of an article, i highly doubt that it is so conform, especially considering that one out of very similar articles gets often picked out. even though it might in the end not represent the best source of information on that certain topic.