[rokhayakebe]

I am afraid it does not work that way in practice. I have been using HN since its inception, or very close to it, when it was all about startup news and products. Yet I rarely visit the New posts page. If everyone were like me, the front page would be static. Heck I do not even go past the first 30 links. There is a lot of great content I am sure that never makes it to the homepage because it is not getting upvoted. Asking for upvotes is unfortunately the solution to this issue until we have built systems which are intelligent enough to surface quality content even when it is not being upvoted. In theory some content should find their way into the top 5 links as soon as shared, but that is not the case. Waiting for upvotes is like saying "If you build it they will come." They won't unless you market and yell it.

[moron4hire]

I try to go /newest on once a day, i.e. "do my duty". I don't spend a lot of time there, but I do scan through everything. I've definitely gotten to see some cool things because of it.