Technical topics are inherently more granular and less relatable/understandable than broad sociopolitical actions or news. Especially on a site that rewards sub

Technical topics are inherently more granular and less relatable/understandable than broad sociopolitical actions or news. Especially on a site that rewards submission traction and comment traction above all else, the most-rewarded behavior becomes whoever is best at submitting sensationalist content. That, and it would seem that a non-insignificant portion of the top submitters just hit the share button from whatever is at the top of Apple News in the morning. Those high-volume ritualistic submissions tend to outweigh the "this is a small cool thing I found" posts 100:1.