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Comment author: RichardKennaway 23 May 2013 10:14:43AM 7 points [-]

I understand it's possible to check who downvoted comments? It was probably a generically-named sockpupuppet, I guess, but still.

I understand that there is a limit on downvoting -- it doesn't cost karma, but it's only possible up to the limit of one's karma, or something like that. If so, a sockpuppet wouldn't have enough karma. It must have been an account with a real presence here, either bingeing on OCD or using an automated script.

Comment author: MugaSofer 23 May 2013 10:17:18AM *  6 points [-]

Ah, excellent point. Now I'm even more curious about who the culprit might be.

... in other news, I apparently need "1164 more points" to downvote a comment.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 May 2013 10:21:47AM 8 points [-]

... in other news, I apparently need "1164 more points" to downvote a comment.

Oooh, now you can calculate exactly how many downvotes you have given out.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 27 May 2013 08:08:50AM 2 points [-]

it doesn't cost karma, but it's only possible up to the limit of one's karma, or something like that.

I think it's much higher than that, like 4 times one's karma or even more so (which I find rather ludicrously high). Something like that would mean that a mere 300 karma (extremely easy to achieve by saying nothing actually worthwhile) would suffice to downvote another person 1200 times..

Comment author: wedrifid 23 May 2013 10:20:17AM *  3 points [-]

I understand that there is a limit on downvoting -- it doesn't cost karma, but it's only possible up to the limit of one's karma, or something like that.

I seem to recall that it is (or was last I heard) limited to 4 times current karma.

If so, a sockpuppet wouldn't have enough karma. It must have been an account with a real presence here, either bingeing on OCD or using an automated script.

The ideal outcome here may be if a PTB banned the offender, pumped Muga's karma back up then removed all traces of this conversation. This is somewhat too close to an instruction manual and primer for saboteurs.

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