I agree that having something on the front page is worth real money (a lot more than $100, in my opinion.) but I don't see the connection between having a hig

I agree that having something on the front page is worth real money (a lot more than $100, in my opinion.) but I don't see the connection between having a high personal carma and getting something on the front page. As far as I can tell, it's one user, one vote (I mean, except in the common case of dupes) to my knowledge, higher-carma users don't get extra points to vote up stories.