Comment by minimaxir

10 years ago

No. Reddit's front page ranking has no hidden metagaming from the mods. (The most they can do is hide it)

Which is probably why certain topics get swiftly disappeared from the front page. Although I'm sure there is/was work underway on tools to automate this.

  • Most large subreddits run AutoModerator to pre-filter submissions.

    In terms of submissions getting to the front page and disappearing, that's a different issue entirely than insider privilege (namely, highly selective rule enforcement). The subreddit /r/undelete captures these incidents.