I agree, this post is a typical reddit post. HN should not allow people under a certain karma to post. This would prevent a lot of sh*t to be post. This would also maybe prevent some startups from launching their product on HN just because they know HN will drive a lot of people on their website.
You can submit and vote, so people assume it's just like a reddit or something, I guess. The bigger problem is that it gets voted on, because it's "fun/cool".
But indeed it doesn't really have something to do here, it's more in the "sensational" tech news. Or not even.
