My opinion (FWIW) is that the content of the fp, and the rate at which it turns over, are indicators of the vitality of the PerlMonks site. Since there is (fortunately or unfortunately) no better mechanism for controlling which and how often nodes get frontpaged, we should err on the side of pushing new stuff to the fp for that reason alone.
jdporter
...porque es dificil estar guapo y blanco.