This discussion could also be divided further, e.g.<p>1. How many articles do you click and read through entirely?<p>1a do you navigate to second, third page?<p>2. Would you appreciate the content more if you knew there was a time window until new content could be posted?
I think it's likely a lot of good stuff that gets posted never makes it to the front page.<p>As I look over at New, at 8am EST on a Monday I see 27 stories posted in the last 30 minutes. I don't know if that's average, but I suspect it's low compared to later in the day when more people are awake.