I upvoted the current "fluff link". I found it entertaining and at least somewhat on topic (more than the post about Castro). Personally I'm more concerned that the link about 37signals releasing numbers was still on the front page today. Ok, it was news, I read it and it was relevant. but it stopped being relevant after 5 minutes.

I think the solution is not to keep the inevitable influx of stories that will annoy some long time users, but to figure out a way to show users only stories they care about.