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Reddit hasn't been artificially inflating their numbers but they've adjusted the distribution strategy to promote posts which may have gone ignored, such as inc
by minimaxir 3y ago
Reddit hasn't been artificially inflating their numbers but they've adjusted the distribution strategy to promote posts which may have gone ignored, such as including less popular posts on the logged-in front page and push notifications.
This isn't inherently wrong but can result in unexpected popularity.
- artemonster 3y agojust check for yourself on any relatively fresh r/popular post - 30k upvotes and 3-5k comments is suspiciously high, given that you could rarely see such numbers before