Am I the only one who's skeptical of how quickly Nautilus reach the front page? I swear on like 15 different occasions a mediocre article with no comments get a

Am I the only one who's skeptical of how quickly Nautilus reach the front page? I swear on like 15 different occasions a mediocre article with no comments get a surge of upvotes. I'm hesitant to say there's foul play but something's not right...