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Whoops... Several of these comments are from the cc bot. Is there a way you can eliminate them from your totals? They hardly count as real engagement!

My hit-parade tends to reflect the activity of the blockchain, including that generated by bots.
It would be an exhausting job to permanently update the list of bot to exclude them. Moreover, this could be considered sort of censorship, which I do not want.
I agree that these choices make the result a bit less accurate, but I honestly think it's a lesser evil.