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> The home page could be split down the middle, showing new stories to the right I'd like to give that try. I'd like a random sort of the stories from the last

> The home page could be split down the middle, showing new stories to the right I'd like to give that try. I'd like a random sort of the stories from the last 24 hours to reduce the connection to posting time and give some variety on each refresh. I often search HN when I find a new product/blog just to see what the reaction is. I am quite surprised when I might see 20 decent submission from a source or about a product that barely have an upvote between them. It makes me wonder whether the blog/product pages that do hit the front-page are really that organic at all.

Jaruzel 10y ago
There's a 'New' button on the top row that does this. I read it daily. I don't see the benefit of splitting the page - the greate thing about HN is it's plain interface. If it got as busy on the eye as say, Reddit, I feel the experience would not be as good. A simple and easy fix would be to add 'Random' as an option on the top bar which shows a list of random posts (that are not already on the front page) from the past 7 days.
- duncanawoods 10y ago
  New is time-sorted so its first page is pretty much only submissions within the last hour. Unless you visit every hour or dig deep, you are stuck with the time sensitivity problem. Personally I just don't visit "new" unless desperate. I see it as a deliberate decision to take on the duty of filtering the fire-hose which is not something I'm willing to commit to. I do however want better surfacing of submissions... By giving it some presence on the front-page then I would at least be likely to upvote a submission that catches my eye. When they have already hit the front-page, its generally irrelevant - they have enough votes to not make it worth upvoting. > the greate thing about HN is it's plain interface Yep I agree. I'd only suggest trying it as an addition rather than a replacement for the current front-page. Maybe it could live under "new" as an alternative view e.g. add a pure-text tab-strip of view options on the new page. It would not add much UX complexity except for those that want it.

Jaruzel 10y ago

There's a 'New' button on the top row that does this. I read it daily. I don't see the benefit of splitting the page - the greate thing about HN is it's plain interface. If it got as busy on the eye as say, Reddit, I feel the experience would not be as good. A simple and easy fix would be to add 'Random' as an option on the top bar which shows a list of random posts (that are not already on the front page) from the past 7 days.

duncanawoods 10y ago
New is time-sorted so its first page is pretty much only submissions within the last hour. Unless you visit every hour or dig deep, you are stuck with the time sensitivity problem. Personally I just don't visit "new" unless desperate. I see it as a deliberate decision to take on the duty of filtering the fire-hose which is not something I'm willing to commit to. I do however want better surfacing of submissions... By giving it some presence on the front-page then I would at least be likely to upvote a submission that catches my eye. When they have already hit the front-page, its generally irrelevant - they have enough votes to not make it worth upvoting. > the greate thing about HN is it's plain interface Yep I agree. I'd only suggest trying it as an addition rather than a replacement for the current front-page. Maybe it could live under "new" as an alternative view e.g. add a pure-text tab-strip of view options on the new page. It would not add much UX complexity except for those that want it.