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>>pg+(OP)
I wanted to see if there had been any visible decrease in quality. Doesn't look like it. There's surprisingly little difference between this and the regular frontpage.

>>pg+e
In fact, the two views are almost identical -- I wonder if it is simply because there aren't that many votes from accounts less than a year old. Could you share what fraction of front-page votes came from new voters? Thanks.

>>random+q1
Maybe the new accounts hate almost everything that shows up. Remember, we can't downvote, so lack of vote is the way to express disapproval. (60-odd days old here, would be on a downmodding rampage if allowed)

EDIT: By the way, the lack of downvoting means that posting any article that isn't so off-topic as to get flagged and removed is free karma. I've been working hard to get to the 100 karma so I can downvote and I'm still only at 78, and I'm thinking maybe it's because I don't submit articles.

>>swolch+K2
You can't downvote on stories, only flag them, even after you get the downvote button for comments.

And FWIW, I've managed to get 550+ karma without submitting any stories and only posting (what I hope turns are) interesting comments. So don't think you have to submit stories to get karma.