Another alternative is that when a URL is submitted, that URL is checked against other popular sites (Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Sphinn, etc). Then the submission is

Another alternative is that when a URL is submitted, that URL is checked against other popular sites (Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Sphinn, etc). Then the submission is granted (or debited) points based on where else/how frequently it appears on other sites. Submissions from some sites might get points auto-credited on creation (based on how commonly submissions from that site have accumulated points in the past). Submissions that link only to another Reddit post, and not the actual story would be debited even more severely (those of us that want to read reddit already go there). At some phase, a "FoundRead" might become a "Digg", ie: it's fairly well understood that the majority of the News.YC user base knows of the site and goes there directly to consume content. But in the short term it would be credited points for most submissions. This should have the effect of demoting submissions that are all over the net, and especially those that are just links to digg/reddit. It should also have the effect of causing people to dig harder and deeper for truly good content to post.