Re: Front-paging and XP

The fact that front-paged nodes get more votes convinces me that we have a lot of visitors (it seems, most of our visitors) that primarilly hit the front page. This means that if you don't front-page a node, then most of our members likely won't even know about it. I think only a small fraction of our nodes deserve such obscurity.

Most nodes should be front-paged. We don't want a static front page. The front page size is such that about one day's worth of nodes will fit on it. If we (again) return to rarely front-paging nodes, then we'll (again) have a front page that hardly changes after a week. For more details, see the other threads on front-paging.

I think you are way too worried about XP. Besides, if we front-page nearly every node, then they'll all get lots of XP and we'll all be happy. If we only front-page a few, then the disparity will just get bigger and make you worry more. (:

- tye

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Re: Re: Front-paging and XP by virtualsue (Vicar) on Mar 17, 2003 at 11:29 UTC
So why have a front page? This is a serious question, but I don't expect someone to redesign the site in response. Update: Corion pointed out the obvious differences between Newest Nodes and The Monastery Gates, and the fact that users may well prefer one over the other. If enough people shared your view that most nodes should go on the front page, then you could consider making life simpler by automatically front-paging every approved node. It wouldn't upset me if I never saw another complaint about the front page.	[reply]
Re^3: Front-paging and XP (end it) by tye (Sage) on Mar 17, 2003 at 18:45 UTC
I could go for that. Ending the controversy (how do the British manage to pronounce that like they do?) certainly is appealing. Unfortunately, it would likely spark a new controversy (and there is some point to being able to approve nodes but not FP them, especially for poor-quality anonymous nodes). I think part of the problem is that the help pages still reflect the "front page is for special nodes" idea that was the original intent but doesn't match the reality that came to be. If we correct that so the "front-page most nodes" idea can keep hold, then the controversy should decrease. BTW, I'm happy to note that it has been a long time since I've heard arguments about approving one's own nodes, so the "effort to reduce the recurrent moaning and gnashing" appears to have worked. - tye	[reply]


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