Just wondering who actually spends the time to go through the (presumably) lower quality "New" tab of Hacker News, finds the good stuff, and upvotes it onto the front page. Seems like a waste of time if "New" has a lot of crap in it. Or are there already pretty high quality links over there?
Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
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Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#2I look at the new tab all the time (right after every time I look at the front page) and I upvote the stuff that gratifies my curiosity and I think will be of value to the community. Hmm, what do I think of this question?
Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#3I usually spend some time in /newest after reading the front page.
Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#4You miss a lot of interesting stuff if you don't check the new page regularly. I probably have that open more often than the main page.
Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#5I look at the new tab all the time (right after every time I look at the front page) and I upvote the stuff that gratifies my curiosity and I think will be of value to the community. Hmm, what do I think of this question?
Hmmm, it is a fair question, but one of the reasons I continue to visit HN is because of the quality of postings. It is a discerning audience, tough crowd. So, find interesting things to post and try to be thought provoking. There are a lot of influential people that frequent this site so it is worth your time to try.
Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#6A lot of the stuff I see on the front page tends to be simply what is "popular" at the time, not necessarily what is relevant to my interests, I find that the new tab has a more balanced view, in general.
Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#7The actual answer is that insider networks are used to upvote stories. If you don't have a network of people you know on HN to upvote your article, it is very unlikely to ever get seen or noticed. This is a wart of HN that people don't want to talk about. Traffic isn't organic; it's a popularity contest at best. It would be naive to think that people wouldn't game a system that can drive so much traffic to any site.
Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#8The actual answer is that insider networks are used to upvote stories. If you don't have a network of people you know on HN to upvote your article, it is very unlikely to ever get seen or noticed. This is a wart of HN that people don't want to talk about. Traffic isn't organic; it's a popularity contest at best. It would be naive to think that people wouldn't game a system that can drive so much traffic to any site.
This is true, but shouldn't it be fairly easy to develop a system that looks for these groups of voters and discounts the total volume of their votes, rendering their gaming of the system as moot?
Also, seeing as discussion is so important to HN, I assume that active discussion is just as valuable as votes. I'll often comment on an article but forget to upvote it.
Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#9I just check the front page, the first ask page, and the first new page. Usually doesn't take more than 30 seconds if there's nothing good on it.
Re: Who actually votes stuff onto the front page of Hacker News?
#10The actual answer is that insider networks are used to upvote stories. If you don't have a network of people you know on HN to upvote your article, it is very unlikely to ever get seen or noticed. This is a wart of HN that people don't want to talk about. Traffic isn't organic; it's a popularity contest at best. It would be naive to think that people wouldn't game a system that can drive so much traffic to any site.
Doesn't this get you hellbanned?