Poll: How often do you check "newest"? (ycombinator.com)

21 points by ColinWright 3 hours ago

16 comments:

by chistev 8 minutes ago

If by newest you mean new, then I check it several times a day. It's a nice way of finding interesting content and submissions that will never make it to the Frontpage either because of bad timing or whatever reason.

by PowerElectronix 31 minutes ago

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.

by 1over137 20 minutes ago

Where/what is newest? I see a “new” on the top page, is that what is meant?

by bstsb 10 minutes ago

it’s referring to the page available at /newest - the “new” link leads to it

by peesem 9 minutes ago

yes, the "new" anchor links to /newest

by s_dev 22 minutes ago

Usually when I've submitted something myself.

by techteach00 20 minutes ago

If I get past page 3 without seeing anything interesting I will generally try new.

by econ 19 minutes ago

Change the link text from new to newest. Use the big word.

by GaryBluto 13 minutes ago

Very rarely, showdead on

by theandrewbailey 2 hours ago

Every time I come to HN, I go to newest first before really looking at the main page.

by mhitza 35 minutes ago

Couple of times a year.

by abcd_f 24 minutes ago

Twice a year

by SanjayMehta 21 minutes ago

I don't even know how to check newest except by accident.

by josefritzishere 19 minutes ago

I use https://hckrnews.com/ . I prefer new over upvoted.

by manfromchina1 2 hours ago

I rarely go to the front page.

by CamperBob2 30 minutes ago

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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