Comment by zug_zug
Off topic, but I do feel like there is a significant number of things that mysteriously get to frontpage with 12-40 upvotes, zero comments, and then sit there getting no more upvotes / comments for like 20 minutes.
Personally I agree that it's both possible to detect this better and would actually drastically improve the quality of this site if that wasn't the meta and think it's something that should be openly discussed (in terms of practical suggestions).
They don't care what gets ranked where other than their own recruitment and other submissions, for which this site exists.