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Stop Anthropomorphizing Intermediate Tokens as Reasoning/Thinking Traces (2025)

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First rank

21

Best rank

21

Last rank

30

Observations

138

First seen

1787238460

Last seen

1787320048

Missing captures

84

Milestones

0

Top is rank 1. Gaps between captures are not reconstructed.

1. Rank 30

   268 points · 221 comments · observed 1787320048

2. Rank 28

   267 points · 220 comments · observed 1787319660

3. Rank 27

   266 points · 218 comments · observed 1787319289

4. Rank 26

   266 points · 217 comments · observed 1787318914

5. Rank 26

   265 points · 217 comments · observed 1787318537

6. Rank 25

   264 points · 216 comments · observed 1787318162

7. Rank 25

   264 points · 217 comments · observed 1787317783

8. Rank 25

   264 points · 217 comments · observed 1787317413

9. Rank 26

   263 points · 217 comments · observed 1787317042

10. Rank 26

    263 points · 217 comments · observed 1787316661

11. Rank 26

    263 points · 214 comments · observed 1787316288

12. Rank 24

    259 points · 213 comments · observed 1787315909

13. Rank 25

    259 points · 210 comments · observed 1787315519

14. Rank 25

    259 points · 210 comments · observed 1787315143

15. Rank 25

    259 points · 206 comments · observed 1787314763

16. Rank 24

    256 points · 204 comments · observed 1787314390

17. Rank 25

    254 points · 202 comments · observed 1787314017

18. Rank 24

    252 points · 202 comments · observed 1787313635

19. Rank 26

    252 points · 200 comments · observed 1787313267

20. Rank 25

    251 points · 198 comments · observed 1787312902

21. Rank 24

    251 points · 195 comments · observed 1787312539

22. Rank 23

    251 points · 195 comments · observed 1787312169

23. Rank 24

    251 points · 195 comments · observed 1787311805

24. Rank 22

    250 points · 195 comments · observed 1787311447

25. Rank 23

    250 points · 195 comments · observed 1787311089

26. Rank 23

    250 points · 194 comments · observed 1787310726

27. Rank 23

    249 points · 189 comments · observed 1787310363

28. Rank 24

    249 points · 186 comments · observed 1787309998

29. Rank 25

    246 points · 184 comments · observed 1787309640

30. Rank 24

    245 points · 183 comments · observed 1787309280

31. Rank 24

    244 points · 179 comments · observed 1787308919

32. Rank 23

    243 points · 178 comments · observed 1787308562

33. Rank 23

    241 points · 177 comments · observed 1787308198

34. Rank 23

    239 points · 175 comments · observed 1787307841

35. Rank 23

    239 points · 175 comments · observed 1787307477

36. Rank 23

    239 points · 174 comments · observed 1787307117

37. Rank 25

    239 points · 173 comments · observed 1787306760

38. Rank 24

    239 points · 171 comments · observed 1787306393

39. Rank 25

    239 points · 171 comments · observed 1787306034

40. Rank 26

    237 points · 170 comments · observed 1787305673

41. Rank 26

    236 points · 169 comments · observed 1787305315

42. Rank 25

    236 points · 167 comments · observed 1787304956

43. Rank 25

    236 points · 167 comments · observed 1787304594

44. Rank 26

    236 points · 166 comments · observed 1787304239

45. Rank 26

    234 points · 165 comments · observed 1787303881

46. Rank 27

    233 points · 164 comments · observed 1787303525

47. Rank 27

    230 points · 163 comments · observed 1787303166

48. Rank 27

    230 points · 163 comments · observed 1787302804

49. Rank 27

    229 points · 162 comments · observed 1787302441

50. Rank 27

    229 points · 161 comments · observed 1787302083

51. Rank 27

    229 points · 160 comments · observed 1787301724

52. Rank 26

    228 points · 160 comments · observed 1787301360

53. Rank 26

    228 points · 157 comments · observed 1787300997

54. Rank 26

    228 points · 155 comments · observed 1787300644

55. Rank 27

    228 points · 153 comments · observed 1787300285

56. Rank 26

    228 points · 151 comments · observed 1787299925

57. Rank 27

    225 points · 151 comments · observed 1787299561

58. Rank 26

    225 points · 150 comments · observed 1787299197

59. Rank 27

    225 points · 149 comments · observed 1787298831

60. Rank 28

    225 points · 148 comments · observed 1787298471

61. Rank 28

    225 points · 147 comments · observed 1787298111

62. Rank 28

    225 points · 145 comments · observed 1787297741

63. Rank 27

    225 points · 144 comments · observed 1787297373

64. Rank 28

    224 points · 143 comments · observed 1787297009

65. Rank 28

    224 points · 142 comments · observed 1787296645

66. Rank 28

    223 points · 141 comments · observed 1787296281

67. Rank 26

    223 points · 141 comments · observed 1787295915

68. Rank 26

    223 points · 139 comments · observed 1787295551

69. Rank 25

    223 points · 137 comments · observed 1787295186

70. Rank 25

    223 points · 136 comments · observed 1787294826

71. Rank 25

    223 points · 136 comments · observed 1787294468

72. Rank 25

    221 points · 135 comments · observed 1787294108

73. Rank 25

    220 points · 135 comments · observed 1787293745

74. Rank 25

    220 points · 135 comments · observed 1787293386

75. Rank 24

    219 points · 135 comments · observed 1787293031

76. Rank 23

    218 points · 135 comments · observed 1787292668

77. Rank 24

    218 points · 133 comments · observed 1787292305

78. Rank 23

    216 points · 133 comments · observed 1787291943

79. Rank 24

    214 points · 132 comments · observed 1787291581

80. Rank 24

    214 points · 132 comments · observed 1787291219

81. Rank 26

    213 points · 132 comments · observed 1787290855

82. Rank 26

    212 points · 131 comments · observed 1787290489

83. Rank 25

    210 points · 129 comments · observed 1787290127

84. Rank 25

    209 points · 127 comments · observed 1787289771

85. Rank 25

    209 points · 125 comments · observed 1787289414

86. Rank 25

    209 points · 124 comments · observed 1787289055

87. Rank 25

    209 points · 123 comments · observed 1787288698

88. Rank 25

    209 points · 123 comments · observed 1787288337

89. Rank 27

    206 points · 123 comments · observed 1787287970

90. Rank 28

    203 points · 122 comments · observed 1787287609

91. Rank 27

    203 points · 122 comments · observed 1787287252

92. Rank 27

    202 points · 122 comments · observed 1787286886

93. Rank 26

    201 points · 122 comments · observed 1787286525

94. Rank 27

    201 points · 122 comments · observed 1787286164

95. Rank 26

    200 points · 122 comments · observed 1787285801

96. Rank 28

    200 points · 122 comments · observed 1787285445

97. Rank 26

    199 points · 122 comments · observed 1787285084

98. Rank 28

    199 points · 121 comments · observed 1787284727

99. Rank 28

    198 points · 121 comments · observed 1787284371

100. Rank 29

     197 points · 121 comments · observed 1787284009

101. Rank 30

     196 points · 121 comments · observed 1787283644

102. Rank 30

     189 points · 105 comments · observed 1787271665

103. Rank 30

     189 points · 105 comments · observed 1787271298

104. Rank 30

     189 points · 105 comments · observed 1787270933

105. Rank 30

     166 points · 74 comments · observed 1787256311

106. Rank 28

     165 points · 70 comments · observed 1787255543

107. Rank 30

     163 points · 69 comments · observed 1787255157

108. Rank 30

     162 points · 69 comments · observed 1787254780

109. Rank 30

     161 points · 69 comments · observed 1787254404

110. Rank 28

     151 points · 64 comments · observed 1787252520

111. Rank 28

     150 points · 64 comments · observed 1787252131

112. Rank 30

     140 points · 58 comments · observed 1787249116

113. Rank 30

     140 points · 56 comments · observed 1787248738

114. Rank 28

     137 points · 51 comments · observed 1787247618

115. Rank 28

     133 points · 49 comments · observed 1787247234

116. Rank 29

     132 points · 47 comments · observed 1787246858

117. Rank 30

     132 points · 43 comments · observed 1787246479

118. Rank 28

     130 points · 42 comments · observed 1787246103

119. Rank 29

     128 points · 41 comments · observed 1787245727

120. Rank 29

     125 points · 41 comments · observed 1787245351

121. Rank 29

     120 points · 38 comments · observed 1787244966

122. Rank 27

     116 points · 35 comments · observed 1787244576

123. Rank 28

     114 points · 34 comments · observed 1787244191

124. Rank 28

     113 points · 34 comments · observed 1787243806

125. Rank 28

     112 points · 33 comments · observed 1787243427

126. Rank 27

     111 points · 32 comments · observed 1787243043

127. Rank 25

     110 points · 29 comments · observed 1787242660

128. Rank 26

     108 points · 26 comments · observed 1787242279

129. Rank 26

     105 points · 25 comments · observed 1787241892

130. Rank 26

     104 points · 25 comments · observed 1787241517

131. Rank 28

     101 points · 22 comments · observed 1787241135

132. Rank 26

     99 points · 22 comments · observed 1787240745

133. Rank 25

     97 points · 21 comments · observed 1787240360

134. Rank 22

     94 points · 21 comments · observed 1787239974

135. Rank 25

     94 points · 20 comments · observed 1787239591

136. Rank 25

     93 points · 19 comments · observed 1787239217

137. Rank 23

     91 points · 18 comments · observed 1787238835

138. Rank 21

     88 points · 16 comments · observed 1787238460

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