I'd argue that, to a layman, if it is obvious that there aren't that many meaningful hits, then there weren't that many hits. :( This does call back to the odd

I'd argue that, to a layman, if it is obvious that there aren't that many meaningful hits, then there weren't that many hits. :( This does call back to the odd false confidence that our industry bakes into the interview process. "Design a realtime chat program that can notify any number of followers that you posted and let them respond with sub millisecond latency."