>>139979
the thing with produce101 voting is that it's not voting just for the sake of finding the thing that most people actually want or the thing that is best but it's mostly a marketing tool for the idols
it's better for the idols and their companies if the very few get the vast majority of attention aka votes as early as possible
that's why it's necessary to update the vote count so frequently. votes accumulate faster and faster for the favorites.
Since the act of voting is active involvement of a customer they become invested and it would be best if they stay involved until the end of the show and beyond. So if the voter votes for a already popular idol, the chances are higher that the voter will stay involved longer because this idol is more likely to advance further.
for example there was one guy that just liked yeoreum-clone and after she dieded he quit the show
social engineering is the work of the devil honestly