Rankings do take into account the upvote and comment rates. Traffic on the site is pretty slow right now, so it’s not all that surprising for a recent article w

Rankings do take into account the upvote and comment rates. Traffic on the site is pretty slow right now, so it’s not all that surprising for a recent article with relatively low vote count to appear on the front page. To compare, the current number 2 has 11 points, and there’s another 5-vote submission lower down at 29.