Submitted 1 day ago by dingus@lemmy.world to support@lemmy.world
Hello. I’ve found that rather suddenly, all of my comments within the past week have exactly 3 downvotes. These are even on totally normal comments, like a comment I posted saying that French is used in a lot of African countries.
I believe it might be possible that I am suddenly being harassed be a user with multiple accounts or something.
Looking for some guidance.
Thanks all.
It’s the exact same 3 users every time, so I believe your assesment is accurate.
Thank you. How did you see who is downvoting me? Curious what I can do with this information. If they are following me across multiple communities then I’m not sure who to report them to.
Looks like there are now four of them. This is very upsetting as I’ve blocked them and don’t want to have to make a new account. :( I’ve never been systemically harassed before online.
If you have to, it might be worth considering an instance that has downvotes disabled. It’d dodge the issue in the future.
You know when I initially joined Lemmy I was actually on Beehaw. Was a somewhat pleasant time until they went nuclear with defederating from everyone and all that jazz.
Doesn’t other instance down vote still work though?
That’s what you get for whining about downvotes …
welcome to lemmy.
nobody cares.
I say this as a victim of this as well.
I’ve thought about making an army of bots and going scorched earth on every single comment for everyone until the devs find a solution.
still might. 🤷 who knows.
The votes don’t matter as much as you may think. The sooner you realize that, the better experience you’ll have on this platform. Keep sharing your opinions and suggestions!
Time to create 4 accounts and a bot that upvotes all your own comments
LordMayor@piefed.social 1 day ago
The thing to do is stop giving a shit about downvotes. They will have zero impact your life unless you give them that power.
dingus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
On one hand, I completely and totally hear you. The thing that people don’t think about is that they do color someone’s initial impression of a comment. So you’re significantly more likely to get more negative engagement from others that way. It’s why some places/sites sometimes obscure the initial votes for a set number of time.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
mostly agree but when someone’s coordinating multiple accounts, it’s a form of astroturfed censorship at some point. especially for people who sort comments by hot / top.
you might be fine with him being silenced, but don’t act like it’s benign.
socsa@piefed.social 1 day ago
This. Just laugh at the idea that there’s someone out there with such a sad existence that they spend time stalking people on this app.