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> And why do people care so much that this is at the top of HN, as opposed to the bottom?

Well, there are only so many hours in the day, and it's nice to see exciting and innovative projects (and articles) gravitate towards the top - that is, surely, how HN is supposed to work.

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Well it is at the top. It's obvious that this is representative of the interests of HN, otherwise it wouldn't be there. Sorry it doesn't meet your standards.

You mention it being amateurish. A constructive response would be to take it, pull in some REST data and show everyone whats possible. Or you could just complain.

It's a weekend. Different stuff surface on the weekend.

You are visit /new and upvoting excellent articles?

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