Ask HN: Does HN move too fast for 'Ask HN'?

51 points

10 years ago

'Ask HN' questions have only a few minutes to gain traction before they fall off the front page of 'new', otherwise they never make it to 'ask' and basically disappear.

I feel like this sink-or-swim system works just fine for regular posts, but for 'Ask HN' posts it can be frustrating to see them disappear so quickly. Especially when you consider that more time is invested into asking a question than posting a link.

Should 'Ask HN' posts be allowed to stick around a little longer somehow? One solution would be to give them their own separate 'new' page.

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