Hah, wow. A post with an ID under 10k. Meanwhile this one is over 47M.
I didn't realize I've been reading HN nearly its whole existence. For all my complaining about what's happened to the internet since those days, HN has managed to stay high quality without compromising.
At least, here the biases are well known. I have been here since the beginning as well. :)
I think a big reason is you are not notified when someone replies to your comment. It reduces heated back and forth arguments.