As for the metrics, being on the front page seems to drive less motivated traffic. When a user upvotes the link, he cares. When the link gets to the front page, users click it because it's on the top, not because they're interested.
Hence, sales or whatever, but one should be interested in upvotes as the indicator, not the front page.
As for the metrics, being on the front page seems to drive less motivated traffic. When a user upvotes the link, he cares. When the link gets to the front page, users click it because it's on the top, not because they're interested.
Hence, sales or whatever, but one should be interested in upvotes as the indicator, not the front page.