We&#x27;ve been running a series of experiments to try to mitigate the randomness of what achieves liftoff from &#x2F;newest. We started working on this because many users complained that good stories were getting ignored, and we looked closely and found that this was true. Below are links to a few comments I&#x27;ve posted about this over the last year, if anyone&#x27;s interested. The next experiment will probably be to add a profile setting that people can turn on to let the
software repost their story at a good time, rather than having to get an email invitation—although to judge from the feedback we&#x27;ve been getting, people seem to like the emails.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9828818" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9828818</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8790134" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8790134</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9866140" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9866140</a>