In prev discussion (id=7972941) many discussed mixing new and top posts and how they should be visually differentiated, etc. But there may be a simpler solution.
First, make “new” page default for registered HN users, “front” page for visitors not logged into HN
Yes, but having separate 'new' and 'home' pages would still incentivise me to mainly look at the home page, and ignore all new posts. I like the idea of mixing 'new' and 'top' posts on a single page, without any specific visual cues to differentiate them (except age, # comments, # votes)