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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

what is this i'm stupid.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

He found a fake viewer count on some site, and he's saying Reddit does the same.

[–]OCNoob1 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I mean, is it fake when reddit has bots and \ or algorithms that will actually inflate numbers within the dataset?

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's a good point. If Reddit is smart, they outsourced all of the manipulation so they can claim that they don't do it.