It's in part the upvote / downvote, an horrible gamification of online discourse triggering your need to win the "spectators", even if you end up not having any vote at all because no one cares.
Personally, I miss the old slashdot system. It was far from perfect, but it was still much better I think.
Personally, I miss the old slashdot system. It was far from perfect, but it was still much better I think.