No, it is upvotes that determine the number of upvotes, as witnessed by the pre-fabricated pile of indistinguishable soon-too-be-forgotten pile of low brow guffaws wending their way to the front page, near all identical captions featuring the amazing bombastic theme of the week.
Quality determines quality, not a bunch of sycophants all jizzy for Donny's ding gong Tweeter Tearz.