I hang out on /newest a fair bit. Interestingly, it sometimes doesn't take all that many votes for an article to hit the front page - I've seen it happen with as few as 3 if it's a slow time of day. That gives people on the New page a disproportionate voice in the site.
It's also great for karma, as often you can get in the first comment, and if it's halfway decent, everyone will see it and hopefully upvote it.
It's also great for karma, as often you can get in the first comment, and if it's halfway decent, everyone will see it and hopefully upvote it.