HN is turning into an entrepreneurship / self-help subreddit. The variance of the types of articles that reach the front pages has been dropping significantly IMHO. And I can't see any simple mechanism for restoring it, either.
These posts contribute to the decline of HN. If you're here to get on the front page or to sell something you're here for the wrong reason and you should do us all a favor and find your pageviews somewhere else.
It looks like this has disappeared from the front page despite 13 votes in 36 minutes. I assume it was flagged :-(<p>I understand it's a controversial topic, but I don't think this post violates any of the submission guidelines. If this was flagged, I would really appreciate feedback as to why. I don't want to invest time in future posts that might not see the light of day.<p>Thanks,
RJM