From what I've found on HN is that there is a lot of okay content, and occasionally there's awesome content. This awesome content is the stuff that sits on the top of the front page for a minimum of a day, and can sometimes last a few days. It's the kind of stuff that you go tell your friends the next time you see them.

That kind of content should have it's own separate page. Similar to a "Wall of Fame" but with some form of tracking who read what, so that way people can find something new when they go to the "Wall of Fame", without having to manually ignore what they've already read.