i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

    • ugh@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It boosts the comment because of the algorithm. I don’t know if people do it knowingly when commenting “this” or “underrated comment” but it does have an effect.

      • Lemmypy@feddit.nl
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        1 year ago

        to be clear, by this I mean the annoying comment reply chains repeating the same shit sentence.