Comment on Mass Organized Downvoting

freamon@endlesstalk.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• artifice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yeah, it’s extremely strange. Seems like I’m being targeted by bots. Useless internet points and all, but it’s a bit alarming that I’ve been singled out this way.

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  • freamon@endlesstalk.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It might just be that your username is alphabetically near the start of the most popular instance.

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• Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Fortunately accounts are free and the points meaningless.

  But, you could find out. Abandon this account for a time and come back. If the insta-downvotes start again then you know it’s bots, if not then you get to laugh at the someone or someones that wasted all that time… Well they still wasted their time even to set up bots but you know what I mean.

  You could also ignore or migrate. I don’t think Lemmy is equipped to tackle this kind of trolling, except that accounts are free and the points meaningless. To me that’s solution enough, YMMV on how attached you get to your account though.

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  • GreenDust@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The total point count on your profile may be meaningless, but votes on a comment/post absolutely have an effect within context. If you want to post to a community about something, the post may never get seen by many if it amasses a bunch of down votes. If you want to weigh in on a subject in a particular thread, a down voted opinion will be drown out by all the other comments.

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    • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Interesting you get alerts for replies on deleted messages. I deleted and reposted as a stand alone as that’s what I originally intended to do.

      I agree though, I think the correct solution for OP is migrate, and that’s what they said they’re going to do. Fortunately, accounts are free and the points meaningless.

      I don’t think ignoring is that bad a solution though. Rarely is Lemmy so active downvoted comments are relegated to the shadowrealm.

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