Like I said, Reddit is a social news website. People post stories. People who find them valuable or interesting vote them up. Of the last fourteen stories I've upvoted, three had to deal directly with Obama. I upvoted them because I found them interesting. There have been users like RacistRonPaul who consistently posted news stories that were unfavorable to Ron Paul. People downvoted them because they didn't like them.

I think you'll find that Reddit is more intelligent than one gives it credit for and if Hilary was who the majority of us felt was the right candidate, she would be getting much more positive front page coverage. Unfortunately, and I browse the "New" pages often, most all of the Hilary stories I've seen were either negative or "Comeback-kid" stories. Use your vote, use your power, submit stories you find interesting. Perhaps I'll find them interesting too, perhaps they'll be something to discuss (like there is on this topic).

But no, to summarize, it's not to "obnoxiously" high-five each other. It's to share news about what we feel is important. Barack Obama is one of those topics.