I had OCD for several years when I was quite young (not suggesting you have that!). I can relate for the desire for things to be a certain way.

I clap 50 times deliberately when anyone publishes on my pub, and for really great articles wherever I read them. Otherwise, I just hold that little button till I feel like I'm done and I don't pay attention to how many claps it is :) For a couple of people, I will specifically do 11 or 22 (a numerology thing that we all understand).

I just saw that you had 839 claps after I did a bunch, so I added one to make it 840. Hope that helped :)

Fab article, thank you!! Really loved it!