People are free to take whatever criteria they want into their upvote. Certainly all of that plays into the decisions individual voters make when they upvote a

People are free to take whatever criteria they want into their upvote. Certainly all of that plays into the decisions individual voters make when they upvote a post, but it's not required. There's no authority granted by being on the front page. You should feel free to question any ideas presented, no matter who they are from (including from people with actual authority... since even smart people are still just people).