Comments reflect real popularity better than share counts do.
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usage
Goes together with 点赞量 / 点赞数 (like count), 评论量 / 评论数 (comment count), and 阅读量 (view count) - the four core engagement metrics. On Weibo specifically, 评论 / 转发 / 点赞 displayed under each post is the canonical trio.
culture
Inflated 转发量 is a famous Weibo phenomenon - 'star-fan' battles where K-pop and C-pop fanclubs race to push idol posts past one billion reposts forced Weibo to cap displayed counts at '100万+' in 2018.
