Thought I should point out that my post here above earned me the most rep points of any of my comments (47 points, where normally I only get 4-5 points on a goo

Thought I should point out that my post here above earned me the most rep points of any of my comments (47 points, where normally I only get 4-5 points on a good day). This is surprising given that it is not particularly thoughtful or insightful, it's just a low effort criticism. This tells me there's something kind of broken about this rep system, and that it is easily gamed. Are low effort pot shots really the most valued comments on HN?