I would like to see a hackernews statistic that correlates "upvoted" and "clicked on article". Who upvotes these articles?! As you said, the links aren't even w

I would like to see a hackernews statistic that correlates "upvoted" and "clicked on article". Who upvotes these articles?! As you said, the links aren't even working... Or, are those upvotes targeted at the idea?