How does chess.com stop rating inflation?

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Avatar of Dchessguy124

Since there's no absolute definition of a given rating for how good a chess player is, does that mean if a lot of good chess players join chess.com at once, assuming I haven't become any better or worse, my rating will go down? Or will it stay the same, and there will just be more higher rated players on the site?

Avatar of Evnos

It will obviously stay the same in the short term, but with a lot of good players joining, your chances from that point forward would be worse.

Avatar of zizzlecorn420

Ratings have inflated like crazy ever since Queen's Gambit was released on Netflix