I don't have enough knowledge of Go to answer it. And I'm perfectly content pointing out a problem without fixing it myself.
I think you're taking downvotes far too seriously. I might even call caring about karma a reddit attitude ;) And as far as illumination, I think you have it backwards. Posts that actually have illuminating answers should be brought to the top, so that many people can learn from them. Posts that only have a chance of getting such an answer should lie further down. There's probably also a positive correlation between people likely to form a detailed illuminating response and people that read further down the page on a particular subject.
I think you're taking downvotes far too seriously. I might even call caring about karma a reddit attitude ;) And as far as illumination, I think you have it backwards. Posts that actually have illuminating answers should be brought to the top, so that many people can learn from them. Posts that only have a chance of getting such an answer should lie further down. There's probably also a positive correlation between people likely to form a detailed illuminating response and people that read further down the page on a particular subject.