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Stefan_Schubert comments on Open thread, September 15-21, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: gjm 15 September 2014 12:24PM

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Comment author: Stefan_Schubert 15 September 2014 01:58:09PM 1 point [-]

So you're saying there's a mass up-voter lurking out there? :) (If so I may have been the object of their efforts too.)

Comment author: CellBioGuy 15 September 2014 06:20:09PM *  4 points [-]

See the last open thread - several people (including me) have been victims of a mysterious mass upvoter who has gone through everything we've posted in the last month or so adding +1s indiscriminately up to about +30 to +40.

Personally I suspect it is a psychological experiment, examining the difference in reaction between this mysterious mass upvoter and the recent mysterious mass downvoter. Or, yknow, a troll.

Comment author: James_Miller 15 September 2014 08:10:22PM 4 points [-]

Or someone who read one of your comments, like it, and then read others and liked them as well.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 15 September 2014 02:21:25PM 2 points [-]

I was thinking more mod/admin efforts. I've never apparently been the victim of mass-downvotes, but if there was an intervention to remove all downvotes made by a troublesome user, the sudden removal of all their cumulative downvotes over time might look like an unexpected karma boost.