Who Votes on New Submissions?

I often look at the "new" section.

In fact, that's where I found this submission.

You say that "looking at the new submissions doesn’t seem worth it because most of them won’t be interesting."

I say that finding stuff worthy of upvoting puts my preferences into the mix.

The stuff that makes it to the front page is often fabulous, but I have interests that diverge from the mean around here (don't we all?). As such, I get to upvote (and discuss) stuff that may or may not make to the front page, but I'm better informed and have a wider selection for it.

A reminder that past the "lists" link in the site footer you can find the public second chance pool [0] and overlooked links [1] which might contain content worth more visibility.

I wish they would remove items from those lists after they gain traction, though, or sort them in reverse.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/pool

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/invited

I find it the opposite. I typically find the top posts less interesting than new posts though I admit the new posts can often be less on topic.

I skim the titles of the first 3-4 pages of the main feed (top posts).

Then I skim the titles of the first 3-4 pages of "new", maybe more depending on how many are good vs. spammy.

I really enjoy both, but if I had to pick it would be "new". It's seconds of effort to pick through the spammy new posts and I'll often find interesting things there that don't "get traction" for no real reason.

And - as much as everyone, myself included, is attracted to a good dumpster fire [1], I really do prefer articles that are technically or historically oriented and that I either learn from or could even constructively comment on. Vs. politics. Meh. Perhaps the scoring system for "top articles" over emphasizes too much comments and views (which could be just bickering or controversy) over content.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25201798

After you make a submission, you're taken to the the newest submissions, which implicitly encourages you to take a look at them.

Also, some people go to /ask or other lists to see specific types of posts, even if they didn't bubble up to the front page.

I have Ask and Show in my feed, to boost good submissions from these categories.

Occasionally. Not as much as I should do. I frequently see fantastic stuff fly through /newest that never makes the front page. Luckily my business is sharing such links in more specialized places.

I never used to, but I've started.

If I'm commenting it's only fair to boost, but often anything I actually read and enjoyed I'll throw a vote if I think it should overtake the rest.

I read them all the time. Why? There's a lot of interesting stuff there. I come back later for comments.