The contribution here is the technique (which looks like a nice alternative to reranking) rather than the article or it being some kind of think piece, so does

The contribution here is the technique (which looks like a nice alternative to reranking) rather than the article or it being some kind of think piece, so does it really matter? I was able to skim it and go from "lol they reinvented re-ranking" to "oh, that's something more interesting, I should try this one day", and the writing didn't get in the way.