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    I like the first suggestion, I'm not sure on the second suggestion. Do you mean show rotate through all the sites but only show 3-5 at a time or only show 3-5 sites? The former isn't a bad idea though I'm not in favour of it, I don't like the latter at all. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 14:33
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    This is unusual yet convincing. It would be very interesting to see what the rationale for choosing only new questions (less than 30 days old, if I recall) as HNQs. One of the arguments against HNqS is that wrong FastestGunInTheWest answers rise to the top, but if the question has been sitting there for a week (or so), it's likely that experienced/knowledgeable members have seen the content and reviewed this, which can, to a certain extent, prevent wrong content from rising unchecked if the question goes HNQ after that. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 15:28
  • @TheLethalCoder - Thanks for comment, sorry the second one is confusing. Edited to clarify. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 17:08
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    To clarify, I'm voting up specifically for the first suggestion. I'm indifferent to the second. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 23:27
  • first part looks like an original and promising approach, worth a bounty. "A two-day old, well-received question (upvoted question, upvoted answers) is probably a better way to showcase the site's best content" -- I am not sure about concrete value of proposed timeout but it certainly would be interesting to try delaying exposure of questions for few hours, to give hosting site community chance for initial evaluation and polishing before advertising the question to inexperienced network-wide audience Commented Oct 26, 2018 at 22:21
  • A two-day old, well-received question Who gets to select the two-day-old question? The system? Users with 10K or the mods? There's no guarantee that a highly upvoted question that survives longer than 48 hours should be showcased. I know plenty of posts that attract 10 or more upvotes because they are fun to answer but show absolutely no effort on behalf of the OP and no research. Qs can be hugely popluar if they are spurred by current events (i.e. controversial)... Commented Oct 28, 2018 at 7:52
  • How often would this rota occur. Once a week? Every three days? What would be the criteria? If the mods choose, will they select the Qs according to personal preferences? (Watch the number of users complaining on meta about biased and prejudiced mods rise). Number of upvotes? Number of visitors? Number of answers? The quality of a single answer? Aren't we going back to the HNQ query again? Commented Oct 28, 2018 at 7:53
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    Two days cooling period is a great idea for absolutely most of the questions on the HNQ list. There are a few sites that discuss current events, for example Politics may talk about current news, Information Security about a recent vulnerability, or Movies & TV about a new film or episode. These aren't common and don't represent even the majority of questions on these sites, but it'd be a shame losing these questions, and it will be weird displaying them two days "late" - it might make the HNQ list stale. Commented Oct 29, 2018 at 11:47