Ironically, this is a typical reddit post too. And why do you think that posts suggesting different strategies to combat noise are not worthy your attention? This is #1 problem for any news site, and this one of the best communities to discuss and test approaches to solve it.
I think that the first 100 comment threads discussing strategies to combat noise were worth my attention. While the ideas have gone nowhere, though, and the discussions have kept coming, it has gotten a bit old.