I wonder if a solution similar to what Reddit does to subreddits might make sense. The likelihood of a link showing up on your front page is not just a function

I wonder if a solution similar to what Reddit does to subreddits might make sense. The likelihood of a link showing up on your front page is not just a function of votes, but also how many votes the average story from that subreddit gets (ie, In a popular subreddit? More votes needed to frontpage it. In r/highlySpecificHobby? Fewer votes needed) Similarly, G+ could normalize how often it pushes up posts as a function of how much activity the average post from that person receives.