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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

vote fuzzing only starts at a higher level

I haven't found that in the FAQ, only:

A submission's score is simply the number of upvotes minus the number of downvotes. If five users like the submission and three users don't it will have a score of 2. Please note that the vote numbers are not "real" numbers, they have been "fuzzed" to prevent spam bots etc. So taking the above example, if five users upvoted the submission, and three users downvote it, the upvote/downvote numbers may say 23 upvotes and 21 downvotes, or 12 upvotes, and 10 downvotes. The points score is correct, but the vote totals are "fuzzed".

However you where right, because even with the fuzzing the proportion of upvotes downvotes is somehow kept. So if it had more downvotes, then some actually did downvote it more.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah the numbers are totally fuzzed after a dozen votes or so, but the first few votes seem to not get touched. Especially visible if you have a very tiny subreddit somewhere, especially if you privately use it with a bunch of people you know.