Comment by ricardobeat

> I think you meant "to me."

Maybe. You also clearly have a bias towards finding these interesting, so it's a moot point.

Taking rankings at face value is not ideal; there is a feedback loop, political posts are likely to engage an audience that likes and upvotes them, and bring more users with that profile to the site. Taking that to the extreme, you could have porn links take over HN in just a few hours if you let them through. It's a matter of setting directions, not catering to everyone's needs.