While I can see where you come from, I just read the article and found it quite interesting and can see why people would upvote it. I like the fact that a new user can come in here and get their article on the front-page and to me this is an indication that the system works. :)
I agree it is great you can/should come in and get the same attention as anyone else, but I am just afraid some people game the system. I guess it's ok to hack the hacker news.
