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I wonder if they could have an algorithm that changes based on the user - regardless of if they're logged in.

If someone (judged by ip address or cookies) often reloaded or came back every 20 minutes or so the front page could become more variable to provide new content.

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There are also an advantage to everyone having the same frontpage (r/all). A lot of what makes reddit reddit is the meta discussions relating to the frontpage.

They could just make 45 000 (in this formula: http://amix.dk/blog/post/19588) a used-defined parameter, the formula basically means tenfold increase in score should be approximately during 45 000 seconds (12.5 hours) for submission to stay. Make it 4 hours for those who want a less stale front page or even 2 hours.

I imagine there would be a significant backlash if it came out that reddit was explicitly acting on knowledge of a persistent profile of you that persisted across logging out or logging in on a throwaway account.

From what I understand getting to The Front Page of Reddit is pretty big deal for some folks (or so I can tell from some FB friends' screenshots\comments they've posted - it's not my thing). I suspect that changing it so everyone (or some) people see a different front page would diminish the prestige of that and maybe make Reddit less special for some people.

Everyone already sees a different front page, depending on which subreddits they are subscribed to. People generally mean making it to the front page of the default list of subreddits or the front page of /r/all.

> Everyone already sees a different front page, depending on which subreddits they are subscribed to.

I'd wager only minority of Reddit users are logged in. This is generally true of most websites.

As someone who has been on the front page of Reddit multiple times, it's incredibly important for the person who manage the post, and for the community.

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