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ehmorris on Nov 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy

The score does not correlate directly w/ number of upvotes

minimaxir on Nov 6, 2014 | [–]

It's not a r = 1 correlation, but it's definitely strongly correlated.

Guvante on Nov 6, 2014 | [–]

It is close enough, especially for content that is not likely to be down voted.

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