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Ask HN: How does HN actually work?
Or, in other words, how do new submissions get votes?
Are there people that follow the "new" section closely?
- Tekahera 16y agoYeah, I got news.ycombinator.com stuck on "new", refreshing it from time to time, about once or twice a day. Since the front page stories make it to @newsycombinator on Twitter, I only check that page when I have more free time than I can handle, or when it feels like a story might have interesting comments.
- spooneybarger 16y agoI spend most of my time on new, very little on the page. What bubbles up to the main page is sometimes interesting to me, but not often. Most of the stuff I find interesting never gets more than 2-4 votes; /newest is the place for me.
- ColinWright 16y agoOlder hands are encouraged to scan the "new" page to upvote those that are "in sync" and "on topic," and flag those that are completely unsuitable. Lately, though, it seems that the older hands are simply overwhelmed, and there's a wider and wider spread of material getting upvoted.
- nostrademons 16y agoI hang out on /newest a fair bit. Interestingly, it sometimes doesn't take all that many votes for an article to hit the front page - I've seen it happen with as few as 3 if it's a slow time of day. That gives people on the New page a disproportionate voice in the site. It's also great for karma, as often you can get in the first comment, and if it's halfway decent, everyone will see it and hopefully upvote it.
- karlzt 16y agofew days ago I saw one with 2 points.
- duiker101 16y agohow does people vote up or down? do you need a minimum karma or what? Anyway, i spend most of my time on new.
- sebkomianos 16y agoHave you never voted up/down then? I thought you can do it from moment one?
- sorbus 16y agoThere is no minimum karma for upvotes, but there is a minimum karma for downvotes.