Welcome on HN The new section holds every item posted, regardless of wether it is a "Ask HN" or not. The new section is sorted according to the time of the pos

Welcome on HN The new section holds every item posted, regardless of wether it is a "Ask HN" or not. The new section is sorted according to the time of the post — most recent first. The ask section holds every item that is not a link. Consequently, it contains this very post. However, it is sorted according to the HN algorithm [1], which means your post will not show up on the ask front page until it reaches a high enough score. [1] No reference in mind, but there are a lot of posts about it here and there. Just ask around.