"How did this make it to the frontpage?"

From the FAQ: (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html)

"How are stories ranked?"

"The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way."

"Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which downweights overheated discussions, and moderator intervention."

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"What are we supposed to do with this submission?"

From the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html):

"Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it."

If you've got more substantive criticism of the piece: skip the other stuff and dive right into that.