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Poll: How often do you check "newest"?

Submissions rely on early upvotes to get to the main page, and I was wondering how many people actually visit "newest" to give those submissions a chance.It would be nice to correlate this with people who have "Show Dead" turned on, but this is a start. Polls suffer from selection bias, but it might be interesting.Pick whichever is closest ...

15 points by ColinWright - 12 comments

12 Comments

1over137 [3 hidden]5 mins ago

Where/what is newest? I see a “new” on the top page, is that what is meant?

PowerElectronix [3 hidden]5 mins ago

I wonder about the bias in this survey as it goes from newest to the main page.

From one that only ever opens the main page.

techteach00 [3 hidden]5 mins ago

If I get past page 3 without seeing anything interesting I will generally try new.

econ [3 hidden]5 mins ago

Change the link text from new to newest. Use the big word.

s_dev [3 hidden]5 mins ago

Usually when I've submitted something myself.

theandrewbailey [3 hidden]5 mins ago

Every time I come to HN, I go to newest first before really looking at the main page.

SanjayMehta [3 hidden]5 mins ago

I don't even know how to check newest except by accident.

abcd_f [3 hidden]5 mins ago

Twice a year

mhitza [3 hidden]5 mins ago

Couple of times a year.

josefritzishere [3 hidden]5 mins ago

I use https://hckrnews.com/ . I prefer new over upvoted.

CamperBob2 [3 hidden]5 mins ago

I usually go through https://brutalist.report/ rather than HN's own 'new' link. It seems to filter out a lot of slop and self-promotion.

manfromchina1 [3 hidden]5 mins ago

I rarely go to the front page.