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I think what you say about downvotes is true. Eg a comment will be popular one minute, and then suddenly it's not. I also get the issue that my overall karma
by verisimi 3y ago
I think what you say about downvotes is true. Eg a comment will be popular one minute, and then suddenly it's not. I also get the issue that my overall karma goes down, while recent comment values stay the same - which could be malicious downvoting of historical comments. So, I think something odd goes on. I comment a lot, generally thoughtful comments, and yet my total karma over the past year is way down.
I'm interested to hear what you think it could be. As users we have no visibility of downvotes, who gave them etc. You say bots or people - do you have any reason for thinking this? I'm interested to hear more info, if you have any thoughts.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> I also get the issue that my overall karma goes down, while recent comment values stay the same - which could be malicious downvoting of historical comments. Historical comments can't be downvoted, or at least the UI doesn't allow it.
- verisimi 3y agoIt allows it for 1 month.
- Thiez 3y agoReally? To me the UI only shows the down-arrow for 1 day. If the API allows downvoting for up to 1 month then automated 'revenge' downvote bots should be easy to detect.
- verisimi 3y agoUsing this site, I created a custom range search. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=custom&page=1&prefix=true&query=JavaScript%20&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=custom&page=1&prefix=true&... For comments less than 1 month, I see the option to upvote, for older comments I don't. How do you think I can detect votes from a 'revenge bot'?
- thaumasiotes 3y agoWere you worried about the 'revenge bot' upvoting you, or downvoting you?
- verisimi 3y agoI want to know what factors are in play in managing information on this site.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoYou might get better results if you connected the things you say to the things you secretly mean. People are only going to respond to the things you say.
- verisimi 3y agoI don't understand your comment. You seem to be saying I'm unclear or something. Have you read any of my comments? I'm as explicit as I can be on this site. However, if you are trying to say something more specific, please do.