I actually really dislike that about Reddit's format, to the extent that for the subreddit(s) I care about I always view them by recent posts first.
I'm sure there's a middle way. Leave the order as it is, but indicate with a scaled icon the posts that are highly regarded.
Or just simply a number of likes and a mouse over with the users who liked? Exactly like Facebook I guess.
Or a scale to rate a post? Rather than like/up dislike/down. I don't think promoting posts would work at all with beehive.
Or, as Kos said and I quote, "a dragon with a cock proportionate to the popularity of the post."
Perhaps have a user setting for the likes of Ken who are squeamish about dragon cocks, for them the font size of the post in question could be increased or decreased by 1 for each like/dislike the post receives.
I think Ken just needs to learn to love teh cock.
I think you should scale up the whole post instead, username and text and all. :Y
Or autoread the text in a proportionately louder voice.
Aye, I really dislike when it's used in places I like to read completely rather than just skim. Works well on stackexchange etc. though.
It definitely works there because it's generally not a discussion. Questions with the best answers higher.