Quite right. But this situation (which is very common, in my experience) shows just how much of a crapshoot the HN front page is nowadays. Not enough people go

Quite right. But this situation (which is very common, in my experience) shows just how much of a crapshoot the HN front page is nowadays. Not enough people go through /newest often enough for it to be entirely merit based nowadays which is a bit of a shame and a lot of excellent links and stories never make it (good for me though since I get to include them in my newsletters and look fresh ;-)).