I never ceases to fascinate me how taboo meta discussions of HN are. We tolerate all kinds of topics, but this one almost everyone viscerally hates. It is as if everyone takes it as a personal insult on their tastes. Odd.
I don't read it as people being insulted but more so that they see meta discussions as distracting from the more valuable function of HN.
Also, this topic reminded me of this post:
"Meta is a social problem, period. It's applicable to everything you do in life."
(Source: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001282.html)
but the OP chose to complain about links he didn't like on his page by adding his own link that many others now have on their pages that they don't like.