The parent's argument is that it isn't news because he doesn't know Tony and questions its suitability on HN because it's not interesting for people who don't know him. Well, welcome to the Internet. Not everyone is going to find every article posted relevant or interesting to them; suck-it-up my friend!
Besides which, it wasn't news per-say; HN was used as a medium to which might help locate Tony or gather information that could be used to contact him.
"The parent's argument is that it isn't news because he doesn't know Tony and questions its suitability on HN because it's not interesting for people who don't know him. Well, welcome to the Internet. Not everyone is going to find every article posted relevant or interesting to them; suck-it-up my friend!"
I think this about sums it up. If the OP is looking for a link aggregation site with only links pertinent to himself, he is in for a lot of disappointment; the current state of technology makes that a virtual impossibility. While I don't find the majority of links posted on HN that interesting, I feel that it does a better job of linking to stories that I want to read than just about every other link aggregation site out there.
Besides which, it wasn't news per-say; HN was used as a medium to which might help locate Tony or gather information that could be used to contact him.