i think the reddit system of featuring one new story on the front page would be good. Show a story to a 100 users...if it doesn't get an upvote...retire it, if it does show it to another 100...if a story doesn't get 5 upvotes...retire it.
Yes I agree. I've found that the reddit system has a lot better chance of bubbling up interesting articles irrespective of who submitted it.
Unfortunately, from my experience, HN has become a bit of an echo chamber in the sense that certain posters have a lot better chance of having their articles noticed than the majority; irrespective of the relative value of the individual articles.
I don't have data to support; but with the current system it feels like HN is increasingly pushing users into two extremes - new users (who have an extremely difficult time of getting anything noticed) and longterm posters (those who whatever they post gets noticed and promoted). Long-term this is not conducive to a healthy, growing community.
"new users (who have an extremely difficult time of getting anything noticed) and longterm posters (those who whatever they post gets noticed and promoted). Long-term this is not conducive to a healthy, growing community."
"an echo chamber in the sense that certain posters have a lot better chance of having their articles noticed"
It's also an echo chamber in terms of ideas. Why is it that when a woman does a reverse job application she gets 4 upvotes, but when a guy copies her two years later he's 'a genius' and gets 450+ upvotes?
Why is it that when a woman does a reverse job
application she gets 4 upvotes, but when a guy
copies her two years later he's 'a genius' and
gets 450+ upvotes?
Because it was two years ago, and the link is to a landing page.
Your implication that sexism is the cause is pathetic.
To clarify I don't think it's sexism per se, but rather the fact that she's non technical and not part of the tech community. I think if she had been a Ruby programmer and the design and content of the site had fit the norms of the HN community then it probably would have done just as well. (Adjusted for vote inflation.)
