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We had upvotes on the old leaderboard. I removed them from this points system because frankly - upvoting is largely automated by a lot of people. So this metric isn't a good lens of true engagement

oh ok, didnt know upvotes could be automate for threads

As I see it, there is trails, so even if not automated, there will be likes that werent actually given by an active person

That's indeed a good argument to exclude them! Could $LEO upvotes be automated as well? Not sure how curation trails for example influence LEO upvotes.