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How does that work when we get different stories at different times? You might be able to come up with a system in which everyone votes on the day's top stories
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
How does that work when we get different stories at different times? You might be able to come up with a system in which everyone votes on the day's top stories, and then they're ranked, but that would be tedious and would not clearly produce a better result than what we have now.
- gojomo 17y agoNot saying any of this is necessarily a good idea, but to explore an interesting vein of ideas: What if the front page weren't continuously updated, but only updated after fixed balloting periods (say, 6-12 hours long)? Voting would only happen when all stories for a period were in. Each voter would see a different randomized order-of-presentation. Yes, it'd completely change the character of the site. No immediate upvote feedback for being first to submit a 'hot' story. Stories would be guaranteed to lag other 'breaking' news sites by some number of hours. But these changes might be good things: reducing both the incentive to submit, and the rewards for constant reading, of frothy/gossipy linkbait. A site seeking impressions over all else wouldn't want this approach -- but HN isn't ad-driven. 'Slow HN' might be a better HN.