<i>frankly it makes me mad&#x2F;sad that its so high up on a site like HN</i><p>I don&#x27;t get that mindset. Who cares if it&#x27;s a &quot;quality&quot; story or not, so long as it sparks an interesting discussion?  And the thing about the HN crowd is, even the most banal articles can, and often do, spark a really interesting discussion.<p>I would argue that upvoting this isn&#x27;t upvoting this specific link or this specific story...it&#x27;s just upvoting the general topic.