The front page is far more than automated my dear friend. While automation indeed plays a key role, PG and a select number of YC alum handle moderation of the s

The front page is far more than automated my dear friend. While automation indeed plays a key role, PG and a select number of YC alum handle moderation of the site. As with most sizable sites that handle comment/post moderation, I'm under the assumption the system automation flags certain posts and perhaps auto manages others. The key being that certain tasks require human intervention as machine learning only gets you so far. The automation aspect likely makes some very well educated guesses, but there's always the aspect of confidence intervals not being met and probabilistically performing incorrect actions.