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>18M comments That is just sad. I wonder how many times each one of those 18M comments was viewed on average.

• newaccount74 5y ago
  It's been a few years since I've been on Facebook, but doesn't facebook show your comments to your friends by default? It's not like Reddit or Hacker News where everyone sees the same comments, is it?
  • FilthyAnalyst 5y ago
    Yes, you will see comments from friends on posts like these. Even if they have a million comments it will come into your feed with a friends replies visible.
    • simoneau 5y ago
      And I think that's why these are so viral. When you see a question and your friend's answer, it makes you feel like you're responding as well.
      • input_sh 5y ago
        That or the post is some variation of "tag someone that does X", or the one I've recently noticed "tag your favourite celebrity and see if they'll respond". Random pages I've no connection to are now popping into my feed because some page I follow responded to someone that tagged them under one of those. Completely pointless.
• dreyfan 5y ago
  There are millions of fake social profiles on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc that use fake generated profile photos, friend networks among both themselves and gullible real users, and automated markov chain style comments on popular content. It's a self-perpetuating system and an effective way to see inside the walled gardens.
  • raunak 5y ago
    How do you know this and where can I read more
• cblconfederate 5y ago
  facebook's commenting interface, showing only the few latest comments and discouraging threading is aiming to create the largest number of duplicate comments with immediate (and thus outrageous) reactions.