You'd frontpage a note soon after it was posted and you replied to it. Early replies to frontpaged notes are the surest way to get xp, even if you tell nonsense.

But more seriously, I don't bother myself with this frontpaging stuff. But if I were, I'd frontpage notes that asked or discussed interesting topics that aren't FAQs or discussed recently, and that had gotten interesting replies. Articles without good replies shouldn't appear on the front page - the people answering the questions read "Newest Nodes".

Abigail