The problem is promoting quality content people want to read. What if hackernews was just all viagra ads from spammers? Would you be fine with that? I sure woul

The problem is promoting quality content people want to read. What if hackernews was just all viagra ads from spammers? Would you be fine with that? I sure wouldn't. That's the problem. Instead of quality content making it to the top or 'front page', people who pay the most can make it to the front page regardless of content quality.