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There potentially exists a solution: leave the front page as it is, and create a secondary page where stories are weighted by taking into consideration somethin
by dserban 13y ago
There potentially exists a solution: leave the front page as it is, and create a secondary page where stories are weighted by taking into consideration something like upvoters' seniority on HN.
One upvote by a 3-year old account weighs 3 orders of magnitude as much as one upvote by a 1-year old account.
It's not a perfect solution, but it has the potential to make everyone happy.
- gus_massa 13y agoSomething similar is already implemented: https://news.ycombinator.com/classic https://news.ycombinator.com/classic Original thread (by pg, 574 days ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4025810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4025810
- lauradhamilton 13y agoI don't think that disenfranchising new users is the right solution.