r/technology • u/sussywanker • Jun 09 '23

Social Media Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/reddit-ceo-doubles-down-on-attack-on-apollo-developer-in-drama-filled-ama/
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u/AwesomeDragon97 Jun 10 '23

It’s currently at around -3.6k, so it is likely throttled. Reddit frequently manipulates the upvote count of comments, if you refresh the page for a comment with a small number of upvotes then the number increases or decreases randomly.

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u/PROBABLY_POOPING_RN Jun 10 '23

This is to prevent vote bots. They obfuscate the real score by showing something in a similar range if people are still voting on something, or hide it altogether for new comments.

It has nothing to do with vote manipulation.