IP-Prior / Squashing / voterToken

This system protects the integrity of click data. It detects when click patterns look unnatural — for example when many clicks come from the same IP addresses or are artificially directed at a page. Such suspicious clicks are filtered out ('damped') before they can influence ranking.

IP-address-based trust priors and a 'ballot' system (voterToken) that identifies individual click units to prevent double-counting.

unscaledIpPriorBadFraction = share of suspicious clicks per IP range before scaling (manipulation damping); voterToken = a unit that identifies a click 'ballot' to make repeat voting harder. [B fields, C mechanics]

Only Trust (indirect): the system makes no statements about content, it protects the reliability of measurement data. It is the quality guardian for all behavioral signals.

No direct action needed here. Important to know: clickbait campaigns or purchased click packages remain ineffective — they are filtered out before touching the ranking. Genuine user satisfaction is the only sustainable strategy.