I guess part of what I am saying is that if there is a manual process involved in this (in addition to votes which might depend on time of day (which in itself

I guess part of what I am saying is that if there is a manual process involved in this (in addition to votes which might depend on time of day (which in itself varies depending on where you are located)) does it then make sense for someone who has the ability to put things on the 1st or 2nd page to review things that are posted at odd times? Or better yet, why not take stories posted "x" hours ago and place them on either the 1st or 2nd page (sans "hours ago"[1] which makes it seem stale) to see if it gets any attention? Add: Similar to what is done with newly posted comments they spend some time at the top they don't go to the bottom. [1] Less likely to read or comment on something that says "19 hours ago" and has 2 comments and is on the 2nd page for example. Why not bubble some things up randomly or maybe even depending on who submitted or by greping for certain keywords or?