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No. Low quality posts is subjective. The story upvoting is sufficient to make sure that interesting stories percolate to the top.

• fuzzfactor 5y ago
  >The story upvoting is sufficient to make sure that interesting stories percolate to the top. Not any more. You need to always go to /new where it's almost always better than the main front page these days. Only a few years ago it was just the opposite. To get upvotes from a submission, apparently most important by far is the submission time rather than the headline or subject matter. There is no bonanza of upvotes other than a popular submission. Ideal submission time is not adequate however, you also would need to have enough good fortune for your submission to attract interest of whatever critical mass is necessary at the time to avoid dropping like a rock. Each year a greater majority of excellent technical/business submissions drop faster than before, so anything that actually gets enough interest for the front page any more is like winning the lottery. More dependent on luck than anything else, so some people are going to play as often and game the system as much as they can depending on their determination to "win".