Comment by dvaun

When I had more downtime I’d spend a lot of time browsing /new.

There’s a wealth of great blogposts that show up there which don’t always make it to the front page (understandable; we only have so much attention to give).

What I will say is that there is a ton of cruft that spams the board. Thinking of spammed blog posts from one or more accounts, sensationalist news, etc which wouldn’t provide much value here.

Flagging really helps on /new IME. It’s worth spending time there if you haven’t tried HN other than via the front page