• ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Just so you know, it’s not just you, it’s you AND everyone that responded to you.

    EDITED TO ADD: I have a thing about vote manipulation (like that shit’s not obvious, lol) and most times I’ve seen it in bot form, it has come from lemmy.org, not just in this comm but in others. Don’t be surprised if nothing happens. The admin over there runs a paid engagement optimization service, and for those among us who remember the whereIsTamara alt thing, that was also lemmy.org. None of the involved accounts were ever banned by lemmy.org despite all being created on the same day and being used in vote manipulation, and a few of those accounts are now posting as regular users.

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      5 days ago

      Well this sucks to hear. Can’t say I’m surprised that a shitty instance carries an innocuous name, following L Ron’s playbook. I’ve checked comments as far back as a few days ago getting peppered with bot downvotes so maybe I rustled someone’s jimmies, idk

      • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        The way I see it, that means you must be doing something right: it’s generally not goodhearted folks with principles messing with other people’s votes.