Downvotes are not monitored and are wholly anonymous, correct? I suddenly found three downvotes in the space of a minute on separate questions asked at very different times and would like to know if they were legitimate downvotes or someone going through and spam downvoting me.
As in, I logged on and found that three down votes had all been directed at me within the space of a minute on questions asked on different days, not as though I found them all in that space of time and they were voted upon at very different times.
@VTCAKAVSMoACE Serial voting (up or down) is monitored and if there is a significant quantity of votes from one user in a short period then they will be reversed by a script that runs each night.
Our guidance here is to do exactly what you did, wait for the script to run and if the votes aren't reversed, it means:
It wasn't the same person. You'd be surprised how often that is actually the case
The votes did not trip the algorithm(s), which are designed to err on the side of caution.
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The thing is, I hardly have any questions or answers to downvote. It's alright if it can't be reversed (if it was a problem in the first place), I would just like to know (if it is possible to know) whether or not they were legitimate downvotes (in which case I should look for why they may have been downvoted) or just someone going through my profile and clicking the down button.
@VTCAKAVSMoACE If you are concerned I would suggest you use the contact form (superuser.com/contact), otherwise I would assume good faith and if it continues to happen then let us know.
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