* HN is sub-optimal. Most things are. HN's still interesting and useful.
* I'd argue that this is a problem, but I'm not certain how to solve it. I submitted a story a few days ago (search xylose) that continued to pull upvotes even at positions 100-150, but missed the key early votes needed for viability.
or to make upvotes from deep in the pile count more/change the effective submission time slightly.
* Yes, it's worth fixing/addressing, but HN's pretty cool as it is. The merciless and democratic power of the exponential suppression of stories guarantees that, if a story makes it, it's immediately interesting to the group. It does not guarantee that all interesting stories will live.
* I'd argue that this is a problem, but I'm not certain how to solve it. I submitted a story a few days ago (search xylose) that continued to pull upvotes even at positions 100-150, but missed the key early votes needed for viability.
One way to give stories greater life might be to enable viewing HN with multiple time-constants https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5495264
or to make upvotes from deep in the pile count more/change the effective submission time slightly.
* Yes, it's worth fixing/addressing, but HN's pretty cool as it is. The merciless and democratic power of the exponential suppression of stories guarantees that, if a story makes it, it's immediately interesting to the group. It does not guarantee that all interesting stories will live.