in reply to Why should I frontpage a node?

Thanks for the replies so far! They have certainly been somewhat controversial, ranging from "frontpage if no replies" to "frontpage if there are good replies". That just confirms my suspicion that there are a number of different agendas at work :).

To add to the discussion, I just took a look at the current frontpage, and I guess I'll add another rule for myself:

Don't frontpage unless the code contains readmore tags (or consider it for an editor to add readmore tags).

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Re^2: Why should I frontpage a node? (both!)
by tye (Sage) on Apr 22, 2003 at 21:40 UTC

    If it has good replies, that is a good reason to front-page it (so lots of people will see the good replies). It it has no replies, that is also a good reason to front-page it (to increase the odds of it getting answered). There is no conflict here. If it has replies but none of them are good, then you should also front-page it (to increase the chance of a good reply being made).

    Long ago I recall reading about when to front-page and the only hard rule was related to "length". Doing a quick check, I don't see that in the site documentation. So I suspect the good documentation on when to front-page is not in the standard documentation (and most of it is outdated; being from before we realized that the front page was being heavily used to navigate the site rather than as just a splash page for casual visitors).

                    - tye
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      If it has good replies, that is a good reason to front-page it (so lots of people will see the good replies). It it has no replies, that is also a good reason to front-page it (to increase the odds of it getting answered). There is no conflict here. If it has replies but none of them are good, then you should also front-page it (to increase the chance of a good reply being made).

      Aren't you just saying, "frontpage everything"? That's a process that could be automated.

      Abigail

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        An automated process will not prevent trolls or write-this-application-for-me type posts from getting on the frontpage, where they don't belong. The overwhelming bulk of messages does not belong in those categories and so can go on the frontpage - the few that do however, can't be filtered automatically.

        Makeshifts last the longest.

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