I’ve seen this recently and have been wondering. My guess was that I’ve upvoted this user three other times but that’s probably way off.
20 points
I think it means there have been 3 new comments either since your upvote or your last viewing of the post.
12 points
New comments since the last time you were in that thread
6 points
5 points
It’s new comments
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2 points
I found this confusing (as did the op). Maybe instead of using the plus icon and making it stand out, it could just be 41 (3 new).
2 points
3 new comments?
