A great suggestion to modify the Featured Content page has been posted by gerry:

"I would like to see the 'featured content' page renew every hour on the hour, and include only those posting that were created in the last 24 hrs."

Please read gerry's log for the lucid rationale that underlies this suggestion.

Then consider my suggested enhancement as stated in my comment on gerry's post:

This is a great idea! But I would suggest an additional refinement. You do not get listed on the Featured Content page all because you submit a post. You must first get an eProp to get listed at all. Even a Comment without an eProp will not get you a listing. This is not fair. Although I tend to get the first eProp on my postings quite quickly because of the fair number of subscribers I've acquired, many new bloggers--some of whom have truly great and reading-worthy posts--may have a hard time getting initial recognition partly because the Featured Content page-which is used as a guide to what's popular-omits them until they get some recognition: a clear Catch 22.

True, everyone does get listed on the Newly Updated page, but in addition to gerry's running relative time schedule, I'd like to see every entry listed on the Featured Content page also-especially on the Front Five rotating listing. That way those seeking initial recognition will be promoted more fairly along with the *regulars* for whom it usually isn't an issue.

As long as the issue I bring to light above isn't resolved, I suggest that anyone who might be having trouble getting the initial eProp in order to get a Featured Content listing just create an alias identity and eProp themselves immediately after posting. You can, if you feel this is somewhat solipsistic, announce in your own Comment that you have logged in with an alias and *kick-started* your post. Think of it this way: If your back itches, and there is no one around to scratch it, you're a fool, if you can, but you don't scratch it yourself.