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Having a look at blog section might be useful: http://videosift.com/blog/

Going with no, purely because most blog posts or frontpaged items take up a significant amount of real estate and push the videos down a fair bit, and I just want my videos.

However, if they were say single text line items within a thin box, I think that might be okay. Simply text like:

"Current Poll: Would you like to see more articles on the front page?"

or

"Blog Post: The History of Videosift Part I"

that could work I think. Very minimal, but draw attention.

I really enjoy sift talk and blog posts (beyond 'should we make a minor tweak to sift rules' blah blah ones).

I reckon they should be worth big points - they take time and effort to produce.

I don't mind the articles and I encourage them.
It would, however, depend on HOW they are featured on the front page.
(top right square teaser with a link maybe). I would not want the articles to take center stage as, currently, this IS a video site. The videos should always be the main focus on the front page.

I especially like to see blogs and articles written by sifters, it encourages us to learn a little about our fellow sifters and in a community like ours, that's not a bad thing.

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That's good input. Maybe something like the Sift of the Week - in the sidebar, and we collapse the actual Sift of the Week to save space.

A mockup would be helpful. Or a week-long trial run, maybe.

No UNLESS it is related to videos. Come on, this is VS!

Voting for this poll ended with the majority of users voting Yes..

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A decisive win. Clearly, we have some front page capital, and I'm going to spend it.

haha.... I think I'd call that within the margin of error for such a small sample