It's the exact same 3 users every time, so I believe your assesment is accurate.
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The thing to do is stop giving a shit about downvotes. They will have zero impact your life unless you give them that power.
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.
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.
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.
I want you to know you had 2 downvotes and I downvoted you only to make the total 3.
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. π€· who knows.
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 downvote still work though?
Please be aware that we are currently monitoring the situation. I may or may not have some information for you in a couple of days or so. I apologize that it took a bit to reply to this, but we are looking at it now.
The votes donβt matter as much as you may think. The sooner you realize that, the better experience youβll have on this platform. Keep sharing your opinions and suggestions!

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