Poll: How often do users check the "newest" submissions page?
By
ColinWright
Has the shape of a bagel but none of the steam.
Summary
A user on a social news platform (likely Hacker News) asks the community how often they check the "newest" submissions page, noting that early upvotes are crucial for content to reach the main page. The poll acknowledges selection bias but aims to understand user behavior around supporting new submissions.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledSubmissions 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.
Polls suffer from selection bias, but it might be interesting.
It would be nice to correlate this with people who have 'Show Dead' turned on, but this is a start.
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