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 So I suspect the good documentation on when to front-page is not in the standard documentation (and most of it is outdated; being from before we realized that the front page was being heavily used to navigate the site rather than as just a splash page for casual visitors).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

In reply to Re^2: Why should I frontpage a node? (both!) by tye
in thread Why should I frontpage a node? by crenz

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