They changed the algorithm on Dec 7, 2016.
Before: https://web.archive.org/web/20161206000344/https://www.reddit.com/
After: https://web.archive.org/web/20161208000333/https://www.reddit.com/
Best guess, based off the vote count differences of those two days, is that if you see a vote with 100,000 count, it’s likely closer to 20,000 count (divide by roughly 5 or so).
There was a post about it by KeyserSosa on Dec 6, so it’s not some conspiracy or anything.
I figured YSK.
I noticed reddit have constant post-election copium. Like “It’s not over, Fani Willis case is unpardonable” Wtf lol. So silly. Its like those “Umm achtually, trump will be president on March 4.” when Biden won. Ridiculous copium. I feel like reddit algorithm is trying to push for a lib Jan 6 so that trump will have an excuse to invoke insurrection act (not like he wont try regardless, but with a lib Jan 6, there will be no resistance from the military to carry out his orders).