You might have noticed that I didn't quote upvote figures, and that I omitted a bunch of possible options. I sorted by popularity and then selected ones with substance. (I presume you're not asserting that they have no substance by virtue of the fact that they were popular.)
Basically false, I think? From the first couple of pages of the top-of-all-time HN posts:
* War stories (e.g. "How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7373566 )
popularity != substance
You might have noticed that I didn't quote upvote figures, and that I omitted a bunch of possible options. I sorted by popularity and then selected ones with substance. (I presume you're not asserting that they have no substance by virtue of the fact that they were popular.)