fubarobfusco comments on Self-serving meta: Whoever keeps block-downvoting me, is there some way to negotiate peace? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 16 November 2013 08:17:10AM *  5 points [-]

It's not just you. A few folks have noticed this specific bad behavior.

Mathematically, just correct for it.

Socially, consider that it means that you're posting things that a defector (boo! boo!) disapproves of.

Alternately, one of these days, one of us should run some sort of analysis correlating mass downvoting and other site activity ....

(Also, consider this a measure of the effect that one bored person can have, and the situation that person might be in. As far as I can tell, there's only one mass-downvoter. Consider their lonesome plight!)

Comment author: Tenoke 16 November 2013 08:38:29AM *  5 points [-]

(Also, consider this a measure of the effect that one bored person can have, and the situation that person might be in. As far as I can tell, there's only one mass-downvoter. Consider their lonesome plight!)

I am also getting the same treatment but find it very unlikely that there is only one such person doing this.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 16 November 2013 08:43:51AM 3 points [-]

I've not yet seen groups of comments downvoted more than -1. If there were more than one mass-downvoter targeting the same users, I'd expect to see more -2's.

Comment author: Tenoke 16 November 2013 08:49:34AM 9 points [-]

The obvious alternative hypothesis is that there are different single downvoters, independently targeting different people.