Two main reasons. 1) There was more scope for originality on this site before anyone had written anything. 2) Older nodes have a larger audience, both those who were here back then and those that are here now. With the thick end of a million nodes in the monastery, it takes longer that it used to before any given number of monks sees a particular node. Old nodes still garner upvotes this year, but this year's nodes have no chance of being upvoted five or more years ago:-). I have no doubt, that in another five years, nodes like Drunk on golf: 99 Bottles of Beer will have well over 100 votes. But by then, the threshold for getting into "Selected Best" will be even higher.
Regards,
John Davies
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