>(or - let's be honest - imagined new rules after the fact) StackOverflow has been sending that exact email ("the motivation for doing so needs to be anchored

>(or - let's be honest - imagined new rules after the fact) StackOverflow has been sending that exact email ("the motivation for doing so needs to be anchored in the merits of the post, not the person who wrote it") for at least nine years. It's not a new policy. https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/314073/moderator-invalidating-votes-because-they-were-mostly-for-one-person https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/314073/moderator-in...