I read in lemmy support that this is a significant problem. I don’t get it. What does anyone gain in down voting without reason?
I read in lemmy support that this is a significant problem. I don’t get it. What does anyone gain in down voting without reason?
It can be used to manipulate the sorting order of posts and it can also be used for targeted harassment of users.
As someone who was banned after downvoting anywhere from 1-3 comments from a mod before, I’d take these claims that it’s a huge problem with a grain of salt though. Some people, including mods, just take downvotes very personally.
One of the many reasons I’m thankful that my instance doesn’t federate downvotes.