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10:20 PM

Hello all. I'm being flagged by another user here, who I was trying to help, but is rather angry with me now. What is the proper course of action here?

DavidPostill

@ServiceManager Do you have a link to the discussion?

Service Manager

A few links. Give me a moment.

This is the question I was trying to help him with: superuser.com/questions/1184602/…

This is one of the questions that the user has decided to start getting revenge on: superuser.com/questions/1073561/…

And here is another: superuser.com/questions/1156933/…

Should I name the user, or would that be inappropriate?

DavidPostill

@ServiceManager Down votes are anonymous so you cannot be sure who is downvoting.

Service Manager

Given the fact that he's also leaving snide remarks on my posts, I'm sure it is him.

DavidPostill

In additional, that looks like serial downvoting. The system will automatically detect this and reverse the votes.

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