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Comment on We are seeing some vote manipulation
Marsupial@quokk.au 3 days ago
Hey, I noticed this, this morning on my instance. We’ve been discussing it on the Lemmy HQ Matrix.
It seems like this Aussie.Zone member might be involved as well @eureka@aussie.zone
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 days ago
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 3 days ago
What, @eureka? ‘Eureka’ isn’t a right-wing dogwhistle, if that’s what you mean. @eureka is a good leftist - the red variant of the flag for their avatar is a bit of a giveaway.
Right-wingers and racists who uses the Eureka flag (any colour) can get fucked, it’s a union flag.
Nath@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Nah, Eureka is legit. He just doesn’t think news should be in Australia. And that’s perfectly fine. There will come a time where we are getting enough content that we’ll want to introduce that as a rule.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Similar reason for Zero_Gravitas?
I hope so, i’s a bit spun out when i saw them both on this list.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I just checked and I only downvoted two of those posts.
My reason would have been some combination of a) I thought the posts didn’t belong in the comm, b) I thought the news source was low quality, or c) for reasons covered in previous threads regarding “Objectification of our community":
I had noticed and was surprised by the significant downvotes on the posts mentioned in the OP. I figured either people were sick of it like I was, or the accounts were just under attack by accounts that serve the same function for the other side(s).
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 days ago
If it’s Australian related news it should be in my opinion
Marsupial@quokk.au 3 days ago
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Like I said, they popped up in the same vote manipulation against select users as those other accounts did. Make of it what you will.
eureka@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I often downvote Hotznplozn’s posts because those posts are exclusively warmongering propaganda. That is literally the only posts they make here, so I’m usually downvoting them whenever they appear here.
I’m surprised my cm0002 votes are so one-sided. I think their drama is weird but I don’t see them much. If they post generic memes a lot they’ll probably get some downvotes when I browse All but I can’t think of any other reason I’d show up there.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I’ve avoided mentioning them by name in my comments in this thread and elsewhere, but I agree on this.