i wish the big stories would get removed sooner so that more content could filter in. maybe it could just be personal: stories i've seen already are removed.<p>either way, i feel like stories get big and hang around even though they're getting more and more upvotes simply for being on the front page. when i page down it's just the big stories from a couple days ago that i already read.<p>if more <i>new</i> content filtered in that would be better.<p>also, categories, or some way to filter the stories would be hot. again, i want to see more content.<p>i do look at new, but the problem is that the step down is from 50+ comments to 0 comments, lots of filtering to no filtering.<p>i don't want to read unfiltered, uncommented articles anymore than the next person, nor do i want good new articles to be bombed by a lack of views or the first vote being negative.<p>perhaps we can develop a small group of people dedicated to the task, either for extra or separate karma, or simply to be part of a group doing a good job. the IBM bug-finding black suits comes to minds. this could also be a good task for n00bs to grow their karma faster, though i suspect we'd also have to work in more experienced folks in order to pass on appropriate hacker news culture.