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Re:51 hours left to live by chaosmachine on Sunday March 06, 2011 @11:50AM (#2294460)
Fudged a bit? The numbers are almost completely fictional, and get more so the higher the total.

http://i.imgur.com/U8B1X.jpg

Displayed numbers: 9498 Up, 6876 Down.

Real numbers: 2666 Up, 140 Down.

You cannot judge proportion by looking at the numbers Reddit shows.

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Re:51 hours left to live by rospaya on Sunday March 06, 2011 @04:03PM (#2295026)
What I don't get is why they show them in the first place?
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Re:51 hours left to live by Titanous on Sunday March 06, 2011 @09:33PM (#2295760)
The displayed numbers and real numbers have a two hour gap between them. This conclusion cannot be derived from the posted screenshot.
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