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Discussion on: A thought on the overuse of hearts on DEV.

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Ben Sinclair

Or 3: other spam accounts liked their posts to make them seem popular and legit. Did you check out who it was who was liking the post to see if they were real?
That could be a major signifier to a n algorithm spotting fake content.

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Paweł Świątkowski

My thoughts exactly: either spambots boosting post to look more legit or spambots liking random posts to draw attention to their accounts and content (much like it works on Instagram).

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tux0r

No, I have not checked the list of people. I did not consider that to be signifying enough.