Yup, I have seen that with bots too lol. I have an idea for a social network (for a lack of an adequate word), one of the rules would be you can't downvote wit

Yup, I have seen that with bots too lol. I have an idea for a social network (for a lack of an adequate word), one of the rules would be you can't downvote without a comment and most moderation happens at the edge (clients apply moderation by user controlled settings) but harmful and illegal content can also be moderated through 51% consent of participants electing/certifying censorship authority in the authority domain. With HN though, i wonder how much is manual vs algorithmic reaction to downvotes/flagging. Either way shadow modding goes against honest and valuable discord.