:reddit-logo:'s algorithim is literally pushing content that will get people sick. They're making a global pandemic even worse.

  • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Not with how reddit works. It subtracts downvotes from the total, which means likely hundreds of more people than the 1,700 read that and thought "yes"

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Also for a long time now, one upvote by a user does not equal one upvote on a post. They have some weird algorithm now to calculate the upvotes once it starts getting over a few hundred

      • cresspacito [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Which comes in handy when you need cover for why every "US enemy bad" post gets 10k upvotes with all the comments either removed or debunking it