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I think many important entries get to the first page not because people upvote them on the "new" page, but because people keep on re-submitting them, where resu
by nsns 11y ago
I think many important entries get to the first page not because people upvote them on the "new" page, but because people keep on re-submitting them, where resubmition actually functions as an (unintended) upvote.
That said, it seems that HN has grown so big, many "top stories" don't get enough time for discussion before completely disappearing from the front page. It might be time (shudder the thought) to introduce channels...
- curtis 11y agoI have long suspected that this is true for certain types of articles. If a new article appears on some really popular website like CNN or Slate (for example) and it is about some HN-worthy topic, there's a good chance that multiple HN users will encounter the article browsing the original source site and submit it from there. Now you've got a submission with 3 or 4 upvotes, none of them from the /new page.
- jacquesm 11y agoEspecially 'Ask HN' and 'Show HN' posts.