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Re:Ask HN: Quality of content on HN by noonespecial on Sunday March 13, 2011 @04:03AM (#2318646)
Sure there is. Check out the "new" page. When you see something there you think should be on Hacker News, upvote it. If 3 other people agree with you it will find its way to the front page. If lots more people agree, it will stick around a while.

If lots of us do a little bit each day to promote what we think belongs, it will wash out the popular culture stories that make the front page with only a few votes.

I've felt the same way recently and instead of just passively soaking in what ends up on the front page, I've started taking a trip through "new" every once in a while to see if I can do my part.

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Re:Ask HN: Quality of content on HN by akkartik on Sunday March 13, 2011 @05:35AM (#2318809)
That's one of the reasons I built http://hackerstream.com (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2301871) - it reminds me to vote on the new queue. Hopefully it helps others engage with that forgotten page as well.
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Re:Ask HN: Quality of content on HN by arrowgunz on Sunday March 13, 2011 @05:14AM (#2318771)
Agreed. Although it is a bit bothersome, I think I will do that from now on.
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Re:Ask HN: Quality of content on HN by waterlesscloud on Sunday March 13, 2011 @05:38AM (#2318815)
Quality don't maintain itself.
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