Although there's been a influx of new users, I would conjecture that there are still more veteran users than novices.
If this conjecture is the case, then the solution for the "problem" on HN would be for the veteran users to vote more aggressively on the "good" submissions. After you've been vectored off to an interesting Web page via a submission, don't forget to come back to HN and vote it up.
Veteran users can use their frustration with front page stories, and turn it into determination to find better stories. This way, everybody wins :o).
If this conjecture is the case, then the solution for the "problem" on HN would be for the veteran users to vote more aggressively on the "good" submissions. After you've been vectored off to an interesting Web page via a submission, don't forget to come back to HN and vote it up.
Veteran users can use their frustration with front page stories, and turn it into determination to find better stories. This way, everybody wins :o).