and comments like this one (and unfortunately, mine) do not help the situation. Constructive comments, criticism and information is all we need to avoid becoming reddit.
Is there a "personalized" social news site that shows me stories based on their user-vote correlation to the stories that I vote on?
While such a site may please you more, you would be less likely to discover new things. Is this what you want?
What I'd really like is to reduce the noise. Yes, it's iPad day (now), but I fail to see why 1/3 of the 30 links are Apple related. I don't need to know about the new SDK being available, I don't need to see an old Paul Graham essay, I don't need to see the FSF's reaction, and I don't need to see a poll on whether or not people are going to get one.