Hear, hear! Excellent answer. The question should be "When shouldn't I front-page a node?", not how you put it. The goal is to increase exposure, but it's easier to give than take away and people would consider removal of their node from the front page to be a penalty (which it would be). Better to let people feel they're being promoted. :-)

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