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notum on March 14, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reasons not to use Facebook

Flawed ranking algorithm. It's the replies that vote him up.

facepalm on March 14, 2015 [–]

Oh, didn't know that replies also count as votes - are you sure?

notum on March 14, 2015 | [–]

Nope! But I suspect reply owners, even if in disagreement, hit the upvote button to buy more eyeballs.

I may or may have not upvoted your comment.

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