Oh I did not now this. Did this happen before or after Spez’s API freakout?
Comment on The level of engagement on Reddit these days
mondoman712@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
IIRC they changed the way they calculate the scores a few years ago, which generally increased the numbers you saw.
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
mondoman712@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Yeah way before. I had a bit of a look through some announcements and couldn’t find it so I can’t say exactly when.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Yes, exactly. The upvotes did not reflect actual real engagement for a long time. I don’t remember anymore where I read about it, but allegedly there is also some artificial correction applied. Maybe to combat brigading of upvotes but can of course be used for manipulation.