You seem really defensive of this article. People leave these sorts of comments on other articles on this site all the time with no comment from you or other HN admins. This one seems to have struck a nerve though. Why is that?
Randomness I suppose? Snarky/dismissive/flamebait comments are pretty much always bad for HN.
When you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. You can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com. (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...)
In the case of the current article I was being proactive because it seemed to me interesting enough to deserve a frontpage discussion but also at obvious risk for turning into the usual nasty mush. That's why I did the pin-the-admonition-to-the-top thing.
