FYI I was the one who frontpaged this, and didn’t put all that much thought into it. (The “niche topic” consideration is kinda vague, and a bit more ad-hoc-judgment-call-y than other frontpage considerations)
I definitely encourage people to leave ‘moderators may promote to frontpage’ unless they have a personal preference for non-front-pageness, and let it be our problem to navigate the various frontpage judgment calls.
FYI I was the one who frontpaged this, and didn’t put all that much thought into it. (The “niche topic” consideration is kinda vague, and a bit more ad-hoc-judgment-call-y than other frontpage considerations)
I definitely encourage people to leave ‘moderators may promote to frontpage’ unless they have a personal preference for non-front-pageness, and let it be our problem to navigate the various frontpage judgment calls.