[depr]

Popular content is not necessarily good content (very boring to say this, but just look at reddit). And posting articles to get upvotes, which I'm not saying this post is necessarily doing but at least _some_ are doing, leads to lower quality. HN barely has any methods for maintaining overall quality of the website and it will automatically degrade as it gets larger.

To simply allow these posts and having them hit the front page when they get upvotes is a valid position. But I think it contributes to a website that is less interesting.

I don't think these posts should be removed, but they should at least be frowned upon, and/or linked to the original comment thread.