So, this was how I got to nearly 45,000 several weeks ago:
Providing the formula hasn't changed (which only Asher knows if it has), the upvotes and spread didn't seem to be as big of a deal. There are no longer decimal points at the end of the point numbers, so I'm not sure if that's just a rounding up or represents a greater change, but anyway, that's what I have to go on.