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I concluded long ago that voting rings are active here, along with paid/inauthentic upvote farms.
by syngrog66 7d ago
I concluded long ago that voting rings are active here, along with paid/inauthentic upvote farms.
- vforgione 7d agoWhat led to that conclusion? Genuinely curious.
- dotancohen 7d agoI independently came to that conclusion after noticing that my comments on some controversial subjects will slowly acquire upvotes, then nose dive 2 or 4 votes very quickly. At first I thought that some mods might have double-value votes (Hi Cowboy Neal!) but then I realized it's sometimes 4 successive downvotes, not only 2.
- greekrich92 7d agoI've frequently encountered this same thing. Often the downvotes come a day later, but quickly.
- redlimetea 7d ago[dead]
- efilife 7d agoSame, but there are other explanations than voting rings
- greekrich92 6d agoI assume it's just the mods, not voting rings. It's usually comments that run counter to the HN-approved ideology.
- doginasuit 7d agoI've seen this, I tend to attribute it to a different part of the world waking up.
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- scamaltman2 6d agoHe runs a voting ring.