Ask HN: Why are there so many Show HN posts on the front page

Also, I "assume" their voting system is still employing the old method of showing the highest-voted across anything on HN.

Should probably put in a filter to let all the "Show HNs" live in their own section, otherwise a lot of users will simply enjoy the novelty of "new" things and Show HNs will dominate the homepage (although to me, it is a lot more fun than seeing the 800th boring link of how some mainstream company is doing something "amazing").

because dang just showcased the 'show' and 'ask' tabs on the homepage interface.

Is there a filter for excluding Show HN's?

No, but HN has often gone through such topic storms. It will settle down.

If you'd like more reassurance you could try these other editions of the above comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7987523

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7987449

Thanks, appreciate the reassurance. I think my previous comment could safely be construed as a gripe...

Lo, I remember the days of Apple releases, the top 10 ways articles, ... oops. I can no longer remember, and we had some good ones, even plethoras of front page links posted in jest and in retribution... sigh. Getting old.