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This article on digg claims it has 293 comments: http://digg.com/news/technology/digg_redesign_tanks_traffic_...

After clicking "Load More" a couple times until it says there are no more comments to load, $(".comment-body").length in the firebug console says there are 104 comments. Am I missing something here or are they lying about comment counts to make the site seem more active than it actually is?

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Did you count the replies and hidden comments?

As far as I can tell, they are all being counted with that jQuery selector.

You needed to click load more for the comments right? Stands to reason that you'd probably have to do the same thing for hidden comments etc.

So try it and prove me wrong. As I said before, that jQuery selector appears to be counting all the comments, including the hidden ones.

I hate to break it to you ... but the burden of proof is on you :D

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