> As I'm writing this, the article has 42 points and I'm left wondering why. I've long suspected that HN votes articles by keywords happening in the titles, without reading the articles.

I haven't read the article, but it would be great if whoever submits an article also had to enter one or more questions (with yes/no answers or one-word unambiguous answers) about it. Then, upon submitting a vote for the article, HN would prompt users to answer them. A suggestion to read the fine article would be given to people who cannot answer, and no upvote would happen.