My subjective experience voting on these posts was “aaaaah these are all too good I can’t not-upvote any of them”. Being eligible to be voted on required two nominations and a review, and apparently the nominators/reviewers were picking from a pretty excellent pool this year. The top posts in this list are really excellent, and the bottom posts are… still really excellent.
I feel like the posts at the bottom also being good is a sign of a healthy and productive community; if shortly outside the top posts quality fell off a cliff that would be a terrible sign.
My subjective experience voting on these posts was “aaaaah these are all too good I can’t not-upvote any of them”. Being eligible to be voted on required two nominations and a review, and apparently the nominators/reviewers were picking from a pretty excellent pool this year. The top posts in this list are really excellent, and the bottom posts are… still really excellent.
I feel like the posts at the bottom also being good is a sign of a healthy and productive community; if shortly outside the top posts quality fell off a cliff that would be a terrible sign.