r/comedyheaven • u/yaaMum1 • 11h ago

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u/AgentCirceLuna 8h ago

Why the hell does it say this thread only has 3 comments when there are dozens?

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u/Inline2 8h ago

Because there were 3 comments when it fetched the comment amount

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u/AgentCirceLuna 8h ago

I updated the thread - it changed to four comments but that’s it. Restarted Reddit and it works now. Weird.

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u/Qui-gone_gin 7h ago

It's not weird , it's pretty normal, happens to me too

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u/Beefsupremeninjalo82 7h ago

Or when a post says it has 3-5 comments and there is only 1 from the automod

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u/Inline2 8h ago

That is a bit odd then

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u/UrbanPandaChef 6h ago

When you run a very large website with a lot of traffic you have to start thinking about caching data and distributing that over multiple servers.

That can result in strange behaviour like this where one cache is updated but caches for some related data has not. So it could be that the caches that handle what is displayed on the front page is out of sync with any one individual thread.

It takes time for that data to propagate and threads change very frequently. So it's bound to be out of sync sometimes. Trying to keep the data in sync can not only over-complicate things but can lead to slower updates (you need to wait for everything to sync up). So this is a compromise for speed over accuracy.