What's their beef, here - is it purely aesthetics, or is there some odd performance thing going on? I couldn't work out whether it was something to do with enforcing some sort of healthy usage?
Have to say, I'm a bit puzzled, I'd always adjusted saddle position for comfort reasons - and normally, more to do with how it feels after being on it for a few hours, as opposed to purely what feels OK when you initially sit on the bike.
Any steely-eyed-missile men (or women) explain this for me, as I'm not really getting why they're bothered? For the briefest period I did have to check whether the article was dated 1st April.