Perhaps the algorithm could be tweaked so that simply voting on a story pushes it closer towards the top of the homepage. I always search before submitting, an

Perhaps the algorithm could be tweaked so that simply voting on a story pushes it closer towards the top of the homepage. I always search before submitting, and just upvote an existing story if someone has already submitted it (unless it's a from different source, which may get more traction due to being better written).