Agreed, there is enough critical mass in /newest to act as a first pass filter, if there really is something interesting that falls through the cracks the moder

Agreed, there is enough critical mass in /newest to act as a first pass filter, if there really is something interesting that falls through the cracks the moderators will put it into that second chance pool or what have you. Also generally there isn't as much hate on resubmissions/repost as for instance in reddit. So you can simple repost if you feel that you didn't submit it at the right day of the week, timezone peak time, etc.