Can you please help with this experiment? How many votes CAN a reddit post accumulate before some algorithm steps in?

This is a follow-on from this post where it was noted that even the most successful posts don't get far beyond 2000-3000 net votes. Now, I would like to run an experiment with your help. Please upvote this post AND leave one reply. I need you to ALSO leave a reply, because we need to count the replies as well as the votes, so we know how many the Reddit vote algorithm creates/destroys. Yes, I will karma-whore because of it - get over it. If needed, I'll retire the account. It's not a big deal to me. With my luck, this won't get any traction anyway. EDIT: It's not about the UP/DOWN votes, it's about exceeding the perceived "glass ceiling" where posts simply don't seem to go through the 3k into the 4k range, or even beyond. I knew this was a long shot, but it's still worth a try. One thing that is already interesting is that even this experiment has a net positive vote for 40 right now, my personal stats only shows 1 for link Karma. Oh Reddit... you are such a puzzle...