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huhtenberg ◴[29 Sep 15 19:33 UTC] No.10298926[source]▶
Dan, speaking of experiments, can I pitch an idea?

    Mix a random story from the New page into the front page on each page load.
This should get more eyeballs on new submissions, with more even exposure across HN populus and ultimately increase the overall appeal of the front page material. Should make the FP a bit more dynamic too.
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dang ◴[29 Sep 15 19:41 UTC] No.10298996[source]▶
We alpha-tested that and it didn't work. The median item on /newest is far too low-quality (by HN's definition) for randomness to do much good there. In practice, it just mixes junk onto the front page—the worst thing that can happen to the front page.

(I've posted about this a few times; let me see if I can find the links.)

Edit: I found some of them, in addition to the ones scott_s mentioned downthread.

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix=false&page=0&date...

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1. romaniv ◴[29 Sep 15 19:55 UTC] No.10299118[source]▶
No need to mix then. Display it separately. On the bottom or on the left. Something has to be done with new submissions.