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See: How Hacker News ranking algorithm works https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking... Posts get to the front page by being upvoted by users. The posts then decay off the front page as time goes by. So the mix that is there is based upon what users upvote. Therefore, if you want differing content on the front page, then start upvoting stuff sitting on the new page that you'd like to see on the front page to help it get to the front page.