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ELI5: What's the purpose of vote obfuscation on Reddit?
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Most of us know about it after lurking for a few months, but I really don't get the purpose of it. The Reddit FAQ mentions preventing users from cheating the system by making it unclear how many upvotes a post really got.... but it still doesn't really make sense to me. Thanks. If it's been asked before or discussed in depth in another sub please provide the link and then downvote me into oblivion. I tried to search but got nothing.
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