After going through a few pages on the main page (or until I start seeing posts I’ve already seen) then I go to the “new” tab. I read a lot of those and upvote the ones I think should be visible on the front pages. If it’s something that’s really interesting/useful I try to comment so as to give it a bit more visibility. I like to think that most HN users do the same :-)
Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
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Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#32Somewhat off topic, but I would welcome having a very small section of 2-3 randomly selected posts from “new” show up on top of the regular home page. That way “doing my part” in scanning over the enormous volume of new posts becomes frictionless.
they already do that.
Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#33I generally never browse by new and I think these kind of posts tend to attract replies from users who do.
Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#34I use HN as a link aggregator almost exclusively. My ritual in the morning is to check the "new" tab all the way back to where the links (and their order) start getting familiar. I do this a few more times during the day. Rarely read the comments. Upvote links to math/tech books that I find to be great. For "fun times" I prefer 4chan and youtube.
Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#35Only when I am super addicted to HN and only when I am submitting I am going through the New Tab.
Think the current system is broken and have the feeling that in the early votes is too much bias (either through high karma folks, maybe internal hidden push votes etc from HN internal circles eg. admins, alumina).
Btw very good question and I’d love to see someone from HN giving an official statement plus comment how much HN-internal bias might influence the early votes.
Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#36I browse the "new" tab almost every time I browse HN, every 2-3 days, usually 2-3 pages back.
I almost always find some interesting stuff there, some days more so than in the "main" tab. I regularly upvote stuff. Also, like others said, I also browse it right after I submit a new link, but that's because it's shown right after I submit.
Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#37Somewhat off topic, but I would welcome having a very small section of 2-3 randomly selected posts from “new” show up on top of the regular home page. That way “doing my part” in scanning over the enormous volume of new posts becomes frictionless.
They do this, but it shows up on the bottom of the front page and it isn’t random.
Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#38As often as possible. Otherwise the front page is dominated by big media sites like The NY Times, which frankly is about as anti-“Hacker” as it gets.
The paywall thing is making my HN experience worse over time. The "web" link doesn't work to get past it anymore.
Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#39I do. Mostly when I am posting, I will scroll down and read a few of the posts.
Otherwise I will check it maybe once a day.
Re: Ask HN: How often do you vote on posts in the “new” tab?
#40Somewhat off topic, but I would welcome having a very small section of 2-3 randomly selected posts from “new” show up on top of the regular home page. That way “doing my part” in scanning over the enormous volume of new posts becomes frictionless.
They do this, but it shows up on the bottom of the front page and it isn’t random. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380
Only one of my submissions made it to the front page and that's how it got there.