Fide changed the rules of its rating system starting Jan 1, 2024. They increased the rating floor from 1000 to 1400, which now is encroaching on half the chess population. This instantly puts tons of rating points into the system. The other rule change they did was their 400 point rule which allows a faster migration of points from lower rated players to higher rated players. So, now it's almost as easy to gain Elo rating in the chess world as drinking from a fountain. That's a quick way of saying what this article says in my discussion with ChatGPT.