You sound angry and resentful. And seem to assume 'what you like' = 'high quality'. It sounds like you're just having a nice whine, don't really want solutions.

You sound angry and resentful. And seem to assume 'what you like' = 'high quality'. It sounds like you're just having a nice whine, don't really want solutions. But anyway: 1. Well, you could make your own version that selects out the kind of stories you think are quality and quietly censors the rest. I might prefer that version too. 2. Or you could try changing the guidelines: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."