The "ask HN" section is usually very informative and useful, ie. dealing with problems, finding work, recommending products etc.
I'm not sure a "show HN" section would have the same overall value for the community.
I'm not sure a "show HN" section would have the same overall value for the community.
Last I heard HN was a community of people who build things. A separate "Show HN" section would allow you know... people to show what they are building. Extend this further, the homepage should be defaulted to "Show HN" and all the rest put onto "other" pages!
I'm not sure I would agree with them being the only thing on the front page, though. There's a lot of other interesting stuff here as well.