I am in a minority here, so it might be more interesting for most people to read about other stuff

You mean you are studying a field most LWers are unfamiliar with? Well that means we can learn more from your post, right? ;)

If people don't find it interesting they won't read it. Little harm done. Polls indicate that LWers want to see more content, and I think you're displaying the exact sort of self-effacing attitude that is holding us back :)

I'm not guaranteeing that people will vote up your post or anything, but the entire point of the voting system is to help people find good content and ignore bad content. So upvoted posts are more valuable than downvoted posts are harmful.