A polled ranking sounds good but that may not be a reliable gauge of a project's ultimate "interestingness" or viability, just a gauge of HN community's prefere

A polled ranking sounds good but that may not be a reliable gauge of a project's ultimate "interestingness" or viability, just a gauge of HN community's preferences. E.g. a project with great potential (market, usage, etc) may not seem so simply because very few HNers find it interesting. Activity and discussion also dropped after the first couple of days - I reviewed and asked questions on some then forgot about it. I'll take final run through the list now. For future iterations, some sort of opt-in notification system might help.