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Do you think these downvotes are bots, or just Nazis? (media.piefed.social)
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They upvote someone giving me an irrelevant link while pretending it's relevant, but they downvote the shit out of me explaining why it's not relevant. For context, the discussion was about a shell script I was trying to develop to store data in the corner of a video using QR codes.
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[–] 11 points 4 months ago (17 children)

I don't thibk your post is on topic for this community. But even if it would be, without knowing the original post no one can tell why the votes are like this, though honestly I doubt you are specifically targeted by bots (excwpt you have a realllly good reason to believe so).

As for you QR code idea, this should be relativly easy with tools like qrencode and ffmpeg

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (13 children)

    Same. Off-topic, some bots could downvote, and the overuse of flags/emojis in the name could trigger people. Anything is possible.

    Edit: OP is very impolite in this thread, which could have been another reason for the moderation issue in the deleted post.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Ah my client doesn't even show the emojis

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  • [+] [S] -11 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    One (of three) is a Palestinian flag, they said "overuse" as a Nazi dog whistle for not liking that

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)

    What about you, I assume you're a Nazi too based on your initial reply?

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  • [+] [S] -14 points 4 months ago* (8 children)

    It's on topic (literally about the place I'm posting it in, and about programming) but you want it removed. What would happen if both of you said that instead of lying? Would it be unbearable for you to handle your feelings that way instead?

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Have you considered that, perhaps, your prickly attitude and the tone of your posts is the source of the downvotes, rather than the content?

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  • [+] [S] -12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

    Possibilities:

    A. The screenshot didn't load for you and you're getting way ahead of yourself making shit up presenting it as reality without loading the actual image

    B. (obvious real one) The screenshot did load for you but you're trying to gaslight me by pretending you thought it was really "prickly" or had some extreme "tone" - conflating my replies for hostile disingenuous time wasting dumbasses like you with my reply for someone who posted an irrelevant link under possibly good intentions

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    We can all click on your name and see your other comments, I suspect that’s what they’re referring to. There is a really strong correlation between the number of downvotes you received for past comments and whether or not they contain language like “fuck off retard” or similar.

    I think they hit the nail on the head, and there is no point in botting downvotes on this platform in the first place, since there is no karma.

    My client tells me I’ve downvoted you before as well, though I don’t remember where.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Mate, I could not care less about your screenshot. I'm referring to your posts in this thread, which extends to this very reply, where you've got a generally off-putting, condescending tone and frankly, I'm glad you're getting downvoted for them, because that sort of behavior is just not something I'd like to see rewarded on the fediverse.

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  • [+] [S] -7 points 4 months ago*

    conflating my replies for hostile disingenuous time wasting dumbasses like you with my reply for someone who posted an irrelevant link under possibly good intentions

    Do you get paid for this or are you just getting practice by trying to gaslight me?

    Didn't read past first few words either way

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    No need to downvote me, you're wrong. You're having a moderation issue on a programming community. That's the most off-topic you can be.

    you want it removed

    I don't care about you, I don't even know you. Read again what I said: could be off-topic, emojis, etc.

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  • [+] [S] -12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
    • Look at the fucking number of bullet points of rebuttals for me to make here already, what you're doing is called a "gish gallop" and anyone reading this should look that up
    • There's never need to downvote anyone, downvotes aren't driven by need, you know that and you're wasting time pretending otherwise
    • Whether downvotes are needed is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn't?
    • I'm not wrong
    • Whether I'm wrong is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn't?
    • I didn't ask if I was having a moderation issue
    • Whether I'm aware of the moderation issue I told you about is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn't?
    • I don't care if some off topic thing I didn't ask about is off topic, it doesn't make my post off topic at all unless something is wrong with your client that makes it fail to render the rest of my post (in which case even the part you're seeing is still half on-topic since it's about the place I'm posting it in)
    • I didn't ask if you care about me or think you did, you know that and you're wasting time pretending otherwise
    • Whether you care about me is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn't?
    • I didn't ask if you know me or think you did, you know that and you're wasting time pretending otherwise
    • Whether you know me is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn't?
    • I have no reason to read what you said again
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  • [+] [S] -12 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Read more carefully, I explained the context.

    It's weird how after complaining you couldn't understand such a short post, you gaslight me about how "good" my reasons have to be for noticing obvious things.

    Regarding the tools - currently using zint, ffmpeg, and zxing as I continue trying to do this. Was zbar instead of zxing at time of the original post.

    Idea definitely should be easy for someone with more knowledge/expertise than me, and if anyone got the idea from my removed post, they can get it done faster than me and pretend it had nothing to do with me, thanks to my post being removed. But that's totally aside from the point of whether people think it seems like bots or just regular human stupidity driving vote patterns like these.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I have no skin in the game, I only saw this post come up in my stream. I think the reason for the downvotea aren't bots, but rather your abrasive comments. Quite frankly, you come across as a dick.

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  • [+] [S] -7 points 4 months ago

    conflating my replies for abrasive people with me being abrasive

    also:

    conflating my replies for abrasive people with my reply for someone that posted an off-topic link under possibly good intentions

    When I tell you you come across as a dick, I'm not lying like you are when you say it to me

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