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jsmidt
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#1 Post by jsmidt »

How does distrowatch work? Is it just how many times a web site ic licked on? If so what prevents teenagers from cliking on a website 100 times in a day to skew the results?
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#2 Post by domecq »

You could find the answers in their FAQ page (http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=faq).

It seems that they do have some control relative to the hits bound to one's IP address.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind (Gandhi)

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