• Otter
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    2 months ago

    The post has been viewed 3.7 million times.

    Assuming this is the info box in new Reddit, those stats always felt… wrong

    The difference between comments/votes and supposed “views” made it seem like the later was inflated.

    Even more obvious was when something got posted at odd hours of the night in a local community. The view count would take off shortly after, while the comments and votes would only show up around when people wake up.

    • JackbyDev
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      22 months ago

      I think you severely underestimate the amount of people who just browse and don’t interact with stuff.