Hi Joseph, we removed that section because we could see that it wasn’t getting many clicks, and we didn’t think the algorithm for selecting the posts was that good[1]. You can still find a page with the remnants of it here though if you want. The list at the bottom there uses the same algorithm as the old Frontpage section, including filtering out things you have already read.
We have started experimenting with better algorithmic recommendations recently, currently these are just at the bottom of posts but we’re thinking of adding them back into the Frontpage. We’re also thinking about adding a “best of” page (possibly algorithmic, possibly not) à la slatestarcodex, so hopefully your wishes will be answered soon. The filter on the All posts page is a good idea too, we’ll consider adding that, it might be tricky to do though for annoying technical reasons.
Because it would always show the same few high karma posts until the user clicked on them, so if there were none that you wanted to click on then the list would become useless
Hi Joseph, we removed that section because we could see that it wasn’t getting many clicks, and we didn’t think the algorithm for selecting the posts was that good[1]. You can still find a page with the remnants of it here though if you want. The list at the bottom there uses the same algorithm as the old Frontpage section, including filtering out things you have already read.
We have started experimenting with better algorithmic recommendations recently, currently these are just at the bottom of posts but we’re thinking of adding them back into the Frontpage. We’re also thinking about adding a “best of” page (possibly algorithmic, possibly not) à la slatestarcodex, so hopefully your wishes will be answered soon. The filter on the All posts page is a good idea too, we’ll consider adding that, it might be tricky to do though for annoying technical reasons.
Because it would always show the same few high karma posts until the user clicked on them, so if there were none that you wanted to click on then the list would become useless
Thanks for taking the time to respond! :)