That's fine, and I was disappointed by the article too. But 54 people (and counting) have clicked the "Yes! This!" button. That's the button that decides what goes to the front page, not individual users' salty feelings about the quality of the content.

If you don't like that arrangement, then the implication is that you dislike the basic idea behind how Hacker News works. If you're OK with it, well, that means you should be OK with the possibility that other people might like things that you don't, and that will result in content you're not interested in at points where your tastes differ from those of the crowd.