Subs that exist solely to get posts on the front page

This post is explicitly because of r/DiscussionZone, but it's something i've noticed for a while.

I've taken a subtractive route to curating my reddit feed instead of the additive. I have 4-5 subs i routinely visit but when i'm hungry for slop I usually just browse r/all. if I see shit I don't want to see or care about, i filter it out. I have something like 400 subs filtered. this makes it very obvious when new subs with very high engagement pop up.

r/DiscussionZone does not have high engagement. Of the first 50 posts i see (sorted hot), like 35 of them have single digit votes and comments. Every post reads like boomer tier anti-Trump propaganda regardless of validity. there are a smattering of posts with anywhere from 1.5 to 9k upvotes. but i'm making this post because a thread hit the front page that currently has 22k upvotes. it pressed the right buttons to hit critical mass and be in The Algorithm.

On new reddit, the list of moderators is hidden. In old reddit, it shows a single user: kakanikailash5. I do not know if this is accurate in terms of him being the only mod. kakanikailash5 has his posts hidden but a quick google search shows he likes posting AI generated engagement bait on large subs and posting platitudes such as "Really thoughtful!" and "That's a really insightful take." on r/innovation.

everyone knows these subs exists, i was just amused at how blatant this one is. i think part of it may be the way that new reddit sorts posts. I don't use new reddit but i've seen people on this sub say it's always sorted by best, and that would explain why some posts are hogging all the engagement while sorting by hot is a graveyard.