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As the original poster, I only wish I had a cabal to upvote my posts. I saw the link on Google news and I was hoping to get some clarity on the concept from folks here.

That's definitely not true. It's not uncommon for articles, especially on specialized topics, to sit on the front page without comments. That can actually be a good thing, because it can take a while for relevant comments on a lesser-known topic to appear.

When I see the same, I assume people don't want to comment based only on the title of the post, but don't feel ashamed to upvote for a title.

I've been holding my tongue lately since Dang had to chide me for a bunch of angry comments and calling out an account I felt was astroturfing. Just so you know, it turns out comments like that are actually against the rules. Just passing on what I learned not long ago.

I always assume it received up-votes from long tenured and highly ranked users.