That would require them knowing what each individual user's rate of refreshing the page was. This is a reasonable balance between showing newer stories and showing stories which were very popular. Many more articles are posted than make the front page. So you would be wading through a lot of severe crap all the time, every time you refreshed.
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That would require them knowing what each individual user's rate of refreshing the page was. This is a reasonable balance between showing newer stories and showing stories which were very popular. Many more articles are posted than make the front page. So you would be wading through a lot of severe crap all the time, every time you refreshed.
There is always a top-ten section refreshed every 24 hours. Also upcoming stories don't get to the front page as easy, for THAT you use an algorythm.