"Why does everyone want to voice their opinion so loudly on a product that doesn't even meet their needs?" It's a reflection of HN karma and sorting system: if

"Why does everyone want to voice their opinion so loudly on a product that doesn't even meet their needs?" It's a reflection of HN karma and sorting system: if anyone else posted the remark (and indeed, there are multiple people doing so), it would have seen the normal trajectory down the page. The current algorithm seems to favor remarks from certain people even if they aren't the highest voted remarks. Comments like http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5209213 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5209213 (and the ensuing discussion) would find themselves at the top