diff --git a/app/models/favorite.rb b/app/models/favorite.rb
index 9fc50c878..f913f6669 100644
--- a/app/models/favorite.rb
+++ b/app/models/favorite.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Favorite < ActiveRecord::Base
     post.append_user_to_fav_string(user.id)
     User.update_all("favorite_count = favorite_count + 1", {:id => user.id})
     user.favorite_count += 1
-    post.fav_count += 1
+    # post.fav_count += 1 # this is handled in Post#clean_fav_string!
     post.score += 1 if user.is_gold?
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index aae373a67..84eb83f58 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   module FavoriteMethods
     def clean_fav_string?
-      rand(100) < 50
+      true
     end
 
     def clean_fav_string!