I can’t speak for Fediverse, but I recall that Reddit would add a randomly chosen modifier to the output, such that the total score is correct, but the specific upvote/downvote counts are off. My understanding is the bit of fuzz gives some anonymity by uncertainty against specific types of attacks.
I don’t know how it happened, but it’s hilarious that your comment somehow has negative downvotes.
I can’t speak for Fediverse, but I recall that Reddit would add a randomly chosen modifier to the output, such that the total score is correct, but the specific upvote/downvote counts are off. My understanding is the bit of fuzz gives some anonymity by uncertainty against specific types of attacks.
I assume something similar here.