• Blisterexe@lemmy.zipOP
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    2 months ago

    Im pretty sure you’re seeing a pattern where there isnt one, your post is just controversial

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      2 months ago

      As I said, certainly possible, I was just surprised by the distribution over time, not the distribution of vote type.

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        1 month ago

        There were 10 or so no content account downvoters that I just banned, but also a lot of genuine downvotes.

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        2 months ago

        Just so you know, some of us actually read through a chain of comments first, trying to get the full argument before making judgements, and then go back and upvote and downvote all the comments quickly in a row. So, that might seem like a bot doing it at the same time, but its just someone batch voting after reading.

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          2 months ago

          I’m entirely aware, I’m specifically referencing my top level comment which at the time had no replies.

          Additionally, what you are describing does not explain both a vote up and vote down, occurring at the same time 8 times consecutively, so I’m not quite sure I understand what your point is as what actions occurred prior to hitting the button doesn’t enter into what I’m describing as far as I can determine.

          Even if people read a thread before scrolling back up and hitting the up or down button, them hitting that button at the same time as someone else hitting the opposing button 8 times in a row within a few moments of each other is still a statistical anomaly.

          See my other comment in which I graphed what I am talking about in order to better explain myself.