META: can someone please explain HN's upvote algorithm ?New account, 3 points and frontpage. Earlier one of HN staff said that accounts that posted high-ranking

META: can someone please explain HN's upvote algorithm ?New account, 3 points and frontpage. Earlier one of HN staff said that accounts that posted high-ranking content got upvoted faster. Now I'm wondering if the upvotes are weighted by who gives them?