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Just splice a random /newest entry into a front page on every load. This gets extra eyes on them and helps float good stories up. Optionally mark them green, j

Just splice a random /newest entry into a front page on every load. This gets extra eyes on them and helps float good stories up. Optionally mark them green, just like HN currently marks noob users.

tptacek 12y ago
If you have ideas on how to improve the front page, a great thing to do is to send them to hn@ycombinator.com. Dan and Nick are super responsive, and you might be able to have a more productive conversation in email than on a thread.
- huhtenberg 12y ago
  Posting it here helps accumulating other people upvotes, which, presumably, Dan and Nick can see on their end. It also opens subject to a wider discussion, which is hardly a bad thing. Meta threads are pretty damn useful if you ask me.
  - tptacek 12y ago
    I agree, and I actually like the meta-threads, but I've had much more success talking to Dan privately than I have in trying to motivate changes with public comments. I think if you're really serious about a suggestion, mailing Dan is the right way to go. If there's one consistent thing I've read from Dan in his tenure of publicly moderating the site, it's "please mail hn@ycombinator.com about this stuff". I'm just heading him off here. :)
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toomuchtodo 12y ago
> Optionally mark them green, just like HN currently marks noob users. Love this suggestion. +1
Timsalabim 12y ago
This is a great suggestion. Or the bottom 5 are newest or something like that. I check the front page a couple of times a day but don't take the time to go any further.
d0m 12y ago
This. I use HN only for the front page and I occasionally upvote or downvote comments. I'd be totally willing to have one link from the /newest in a different color on the front-page and if it's good I would upvote it. The action could be a bit more explicit [Keep on front-page?]
awjr 12y ago
Would two columns be too messy? Left one is top, right one is new? Honestly though, having 20 green new stories at the bottom of the front page would be great and would increase my interaction with the site.

Just splice a random /newest entry into a front page on every load. This gets extra eyes on them and helps float good stories up. Optionally mark them green, just like HN currently marks noob users.

tptacek 12y ago

If you have ideas on how to improve the front page, a great thing to do is to send them to hn@ycombinator.com. Dan and Nick are super responsive, and you might be able to have a more productive conversation in email than on a thread.

huhtenberg 12y ago
Posting it here helps accumulating other people upvotes, which, presumably, Dan and Nick can see on their end. It also opens subject to a wider discussion, which is hardly a bad thing. Meta threads are pretty damn useful if you ask me.
- tptacek 12y ago
  I agree, and I actually like the meta-threads, but I've had much more success talking to Dan privately than I have in trying to motivate changes with public comments. I think if you're really serious about a suggestion, mailing Dan is the right way to go. If there's one consistent thing I've read from Dan in his tenure of publicly moderating the site, it's "please mail hn@ycombinator.com about this stuff". I'm just heading him off here. :)
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toomuchtodo 12y ago

> Optionally mark them green, just like HN currently marks noob users. Love this suggestion. +1

Timsalabim 12y ago

This is a great suggestion. Or the bottom 5 are newest or something like that. I check the front page a couple of times a day but don't take the time to go any further.

d0m 12y ago

This. I use HN only for the front page and I occasionally upvote or downvote comments. I'd be totally willing to have one link from the /newest in a different color on the front-page and if it's good I would upvote it. The action could be a bit more explicit [Keep on front-page?]

awjr 12y ago

Would two columns be too messy? Left one is top, right one is new? Honestly though, having 20 green new stories at the bottom of the front page would be great and would increase my interaction with the site.