@quid Good question. If there's something fishy going on, we of course want to be made aware of that. If it's just two people coincidentally asking the same question, there's no need for us to know. Unfortunately, you can't know which case applies. Make your best guess and flag if it looks suspicious enough.
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez Take a look at my reputation history and look at all of the posts downvoted by this user (high quality posts as deemed by most other users on MSE). @Internetsheriffabc123 Simply likes to cause trouble. It's really starting to become destructive.
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez I will do my best to ignore them, but this is not at all something new. This user has repeated offenses, and it's starting to get old. It's easy to dodge the scripts too if you really so desire.
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez This is the Internet, but this is MSE, where moderators exist, not just some unfiltered site where people can do whatever they want.
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez really has nothing to do with the votes from my perspective. It is just a form of annoyance and harassment. After a while, people get extremely annoyed with being harassed, so ignoring and not caring only goes so far.
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez Actually sending out the final page proofs for a publication in an April issue just this afternoon. That is beside the point though. The issue here, in my opinion, is that one user in particular is repeatedly defacing the site. It's not like we don't know who the culprit is.
There is a user who has given quite a few votes in all, and half of them were for you, upwards
Some of those have been automatically invalidated, and I don't much understand why they were not all invalidated, really. You probably would not enjoy that much.
Well good. Invalidate them all. I don't care about the reputation. That's why I've given out bounties worth +900. But systematically downvoting good answers is an issue.
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez I would concur with that assessment. Definitely needs some therapy. And please invalidate all of those votes from whatever user it is you mentioned. May have been by my brother who lives in the same house and sometimes uses the same computer...embarrassing.
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez I'll just let it rest now I guess. Ignore the person until hopefully the problem goes away. 3 months running and the problem persists though. Here's to hopefully no more problems from a particularly toxic user.
@MarianoSuárez-Alvarez I agree. I just want to point out that a) of about 2500 downvotes at most 50 of them are answers with score at least 3 or so, b) these guys obviously and of course care too much, this is merely an internet site, c) induktio it is obvious that it is all lies, "May have been by my brother who lives in the same house and sometimes uses the same computer" of course of course XD I had a good laugh.
@Internetsheriffabc123 This is my last comment concerning you. 1) Your "well-received answers" were downvoted because of your evident arrogance and hostility which are not appreciated here, not because of the veracity of your arguments,
@Internetsheriffabc123 2) You downvoting hardly any of my answers is a complete lie and your immediate drop in reputation by -6 followed by mine own supports this perfectly (I literally watched it happen in real time; not only that but you downvoted my highest upvoted answers too),
@Internetsheriffabc123 3) @dustin and I care because we like MSE and you're downvoting people for silly reasons, 4) why would I volunteer information about the user mentioned by Mariano unless it were true? That would simply be dumb. And 5) It's not about being a reputation whore, for I have offered numerous bounties, some to no consequence.
@induktio @dustin @Internetsheriffabc123 This room is not for you to come and quarrel. You could consider getting a room to discuss such situations. By this I don't mean a constant exchange of personal accusations and insults. I mean a civilized exchange that can solve the matter. At any rate, I don't recommend you continue with this issue any further. Use the flag systems for any irregularities you bump into, or contact the team for serious issues in a civilized manner.
@PedroTamaroff when two people are fighting at school they are sent to the principal's office to resolve their conflict infornt of a higher authority. Is this not an "office" in that sense?
@PedroTamaroff I don't come to quarrel. When I show up, I usually address a moderator and state my point. If someone else shows up to start a confrontation, that is on them. For example, consider the 13:43 time when I was speaking with Daniel. I wasn't here to quarrel someone decided to attempt to start an issue which I ignored.
