I was about to say that if you quantify human individuality, then HN would have a low score. Anything with a downvote mechanism will eventually lead to conformity of opinion, especially if downvotes are public (ie. gray text).
Friend of mine spent 16 years in the coast guard during which the coast guard started recruiting women into the ranks. I remember someone asking him what he thought of women in the coast guard and he said, 'Any group composed of one sex is dysfunctional'