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Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by thethirdone on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:37PM (#29573817)
Chess.com also uses Glicko. Though it might be version 2 on lichess and version 1 on chess.com.
Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by _gz on Thursday December 16, 2021 @12:57AM (#29575419)
You're right about the versions, they also have wildly different starting values and very different player pools (I'd argue that more beginners play on chess.com), so you'd expect a substantial elo difference between websites