Comment by kergonath
4 years ago
There is the second chance, but stories that don’t resonate disappear quickly even after that. I included this in the tweaking the mods can do. I guess I went a bit far about editorialising, but it’s still a minor effect.
I don't think it's a minor effect and without quite a bit of active fiddling, the front page would be full of meta, dupes and pitchfork-fetching-exhortations. This even comes up in a mod comment in this very thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29028421
Interesting perspective, thank you. Though it's more about removing things from the front page than putting there things that people don't want.