There's definitely a lot of randomness on what hits the front page. Generally the last item on the first page of /newest is ~30 minutes old. Few sort by new, ev

There's definitely a lot of randomness on what hits the front page. Generally the last item on the first page of /newest is ~30 minutes old. Few sort by new, even fewer go to thru multiple pages of it, so a post has half an hour to garner some attention before it slips below the waves! (I'm not bitter about never getting a post to the front page...)