That's far, far from the case. I've submitted multiple articles by others that would end up on the frontpage. I've also tweeted a few people to tell them "Oh h

That's far, far from the case. I've submitted multiple articles by others that would end up on the frontpage. I've also tweeted a few people to tell them "Oh hey, your project is going to get hammered by traffic due to this submission". I think I did the latter, when WordLens blew up on HN.