I like the general concept..  The only issue I really see is with promoting groupthink.  Doesn't that approach create a positive feedback loop.  (TO be specific - if those predictions were exposed in a meaningful way, people would be more likely to view those stories, thus they would be upvoted, thus similar stories would be predicted to be successful)<p>The second issue is that stuff like this: (One of mine but I think it was a fascinating article) would probably fail any relevancy test:  <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1046378" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1046378</a>
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