I hang out in the new section a lot too. I can't tell if many people also do or not, I assumed before that it was a popular place to sift through. But now I a

I hang out in the new section a lot too. I can't tell if many people also do or not, I assumed before that it was a popular place to sift through. But now I am not so sure, e.g. HN founder pg does not seem to mind if the new queue becomes a firehose: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=475779 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=475779 I am going to miss a good S/N ratio there, though.