Yes, you are right. If a mod wants I can send them the username and they can ban them from the community. I can see it as an admin from my instance but I can’t take action.
A botnet could have many unique accounts, and some could even appear like users. So I can’t rule it out. I also haven’t done a deeper dive into the accounts.
But when a post gets popular I would expect it to get at least a few downvotes, regardless of what it is.
Yes, you are right. If a mod wants I can send them the username and they can ban them from the community. I can see it as an admin from my instance but I can’t take action.
Gotta be several accounts though, right?
There is one account that has a single comment from 5 months ago that is downvoting most posts and comments. That one is very suspicious
Other than that… No other accounts are as obvious. A few do have some reoccurrences but most of those votes do seem organic on first inspection.
Thanks for the feedback. I was just thinking that because most posts get several downvotes (at least 3) once they reach a certain popularity.
A botnet could have many unique accounts, and some could even appear like users. So I can’t rule it out. I also haven’t done a deeper dive into the accounts.
But when a post gets popular I would expect it to get at least a few downvotes, regardless of what it is.
We’ll look really silly when it turns out they just have the highest standard in the world for what constitutes adding to a discussion.