Example of what succeeds: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50365982
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=fal...
Plenty of non tech articles make it to the top.
> but democracy has spoken: those given rights by the site are curating out the noise.
I highly doubt what's happening looks anything like democracy. Given that some of the articles, even flagged, have plenty of comments and upvotes, it seems to me that it's more like an empowered minority has spoken.
Plenty of noise still reaches the top, unfortunately. Feel free to join me in curating the off-topic articles as you see them.
> it seems to me that it's more like an empowered minority has spoken.
That is quite literally the original model of democracy, empowering a vested and vetted minority of naturally born citizens. Modern “democracy” is nothing akin to Athenian democracy, but closer to mob rule. We, the posters who have proven ourselves as high-value, have powers vested in us to curate the website. Most commenters either lack the ability or the knowledge to use it, which is for the best.