None of these "flaws" are actually flaws.

That's not to say HN doesn't have flaws. But these aren't the droids you're looking for.

The droids you're looking for have to do with solving the problem of growing a community and keeping it intelligent. Inevitably, the tyranny of the majority will prevail, people will leave HN and go to some place smaller and newer, as did those who came here from reddit who came here from digg who came here from slashdot who came here from John Carmack's .plan file.