They explicitly said they bump what they think the community might like. It doesn’t take a thorough reading of every submission to make that guess.

It does, unless you want to create an echo chamber (which HN somewhat is)

What would make HN less of an echo chamber?

I don't think it can be solved by moderation, if that makes you feel better

It makes me feel worse. But I'd like to hear why you say that HN somewhat is an echo chamber, and what you think would make it less of one, or where you might look for examples of non-echo-chambers on the internet. You're welcome to reply here, or email hn@ycombinator.com.

It's possible that you've observed something that's not on our radar, and such information is important for us to be aware of, even if we can't solve it by moderation.

Do you have any answer to the question?

I’ve upvoted opinion pieces that I disagree with, but I wanted to see what the community thought.