Poll: How often do you check "newest"?
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2 hours ago
| 13 comments
| HN
Submissions rely on early upvotes to get to the main page, and I was wondering how many people actually visit "newest" to give those submissions a chance.

It would be nice to correlate this with people who have "Show Dead" turned on, but this is a start. Polls suffer from selection bias, but it might be interesting.

Pick whichever is closest ...

1over137
12 minutes ago
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Where/what is newest? I see a “new” on the top page, is that what is meant?
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peesem
1 minute ago
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yes, the "new" anchor links to /newest
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bstsb
2 minutes ago
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it’s referring to the page available at /newest - the “new” link leads to it
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PowerElectronix
22 minutes ago
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I wonder about the bias in this survey as it goes from newest to the main page.

From one that only ever opens the main page.

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s_dev
14 minutes ago
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Usually when I've submitted something myself.
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techteach00
12 minutes ago
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If I get past page 3 without seeing anything interesting I will generally try new.
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GaryBluto
5 minutes ago
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Very rarely, showdead on
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econ
10 minutes ago
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Change the link text from new to newest. Use the big word.
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theandrewbailey
2 hours ago
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Every time I come to HN, I go to newest first before really looking at the main page.
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SanjayMehta
13 minutes ago
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I don't even know how to check newest except by accident.
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abcd_f
15 minutes ago
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Twice a year
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mhitza
27 minutes ago
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Couple of times a year.
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josefritzishere
11 minutes ago
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I use https://hckrnews.com/ . I prefer new over upvoted.
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manfromchina1
2 hours ago
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I rarely go to the front page.
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CamperBob2
21 minutes ago
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I usually go through https://brutalist.report/ rather than HN's own 'new' link. It seems to filter out a lot of slop and self-promotion.
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