pull down to refresh

given it is the only way for it to appear on the main screen.
This isn't true. It is however the only for you to unilaterally get it on the front page. The other way is people like it and upvote it.
Stacker News seems already too complicated to use for a random Bill.
What's too complicated? The fact that you can't boost after posting?
Also we have an issue open for boosting within the edit window: https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/86