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I lost 300. This is the first time I've lost much of anything from voting reversals that I can remember
But I also got a 250 point bounty this week for my answer which suggested Sonic 06 The Hedgehog so I guess I'm pretty much even
As long as I stay above 20k I'm good
00:47
Oh wow... 2.5k
 
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Q: How many nozzles is Spider-Man's web shooters comprised of in Marvel Spider-Man PS4?

Victor StormHow many nozzles is Spider-Man's web shooters comprised of in Marvel Spider-Man PS4?

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Q: Why did so many users lose so much rep yesterday?

CDRTons of people across the site lost reputation yesterday. I lost a measly 20, but others lost more than 10k rep. Poor Valorum's back down to 660k (the ignominy!), and a lot of other users have seen similar plummets in their rep-score. What's confusing me is why it says 'Serial Voting Reversed'. T...

02:49
@ClaraDiazSanchez Don't trust it. They probably just tried to use ChatGPT to determine which votes were legitimate, since they seem to be convinced that it is already capable of anything.
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Q: Kids’ picture book involving robot taking kids around space

OGSGOI recall reading a book frequently in the late-80s or early-90s in which a group of kids are taken around the galaxy by a friendly robot/rocket, but cannot remember the name and would love to find the book for my son. I distinctly remember learning that the Horsehead Nebula exists because of a pi...

@Adamant I did notice a few times earlier in the year that the monthly voter's tab was headed by a user I'd not really heard of, by a significant margin over other active users. That user is now no longer there.
Heh. My monthly rank on the reputation board has dropped by 3548 places. :D
04:07
@DavidW Which user?
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05:32
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Q: Why did Dr Strange mention traffic signal here?

Michael BevansIn Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), America Chavez and Doctor Strange landed on Earth-838 by traveling through the multiverse. On their way to find the other Doctor Strange, they met 838 Mordo: 838 MORDO: Come in, and tell me everything about your universe. Dr Strange: You go ...

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Q: Which girl is Dr West referring to?

Michael BevansAt a wedding scene in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Dr. West sits beside Dr. Strange and mentions not seeing him for a while. Dr. Strange replies that he was affected by Thanos’ snap. Dr. West shares that he lost his cats and brother while he was gone. Dr. Strange expresses ...

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07:08
I only lost 350, so I'm good, I guess.
@Adamant yeah, I'm curious too.
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Q: How did Captain Carter’s reply answer Dr. Strange’s question?

Michael BevansIn Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Dr Strange landed on Earth 838 and Illuminati revealed they killed Dr Strange: Dr Strange: The statue...What about the statue? You built a statue. Captain Carter: The world needs heroes. We made the difficult choice because we knew what our ...

 
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08:48
@Adamant No, mods had already noticed some suspicious voting patterns before a deeper investigation by SE staff.
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@Randal'Thor am I correct in understanding that voting a lot for whatever reasons isn't a problem in itself, but it is when upvoting a specific user / group of users not based on the contents or quality of their posts, but rather just to provide them with more rep?
Unfortunately, it means that @LogicDictates has dropped below 100k rep again.
I think they're the only one to have that happen.
We're waiting for a CM to answer that meta post. In the meantime, let me apologise to those who lost significant rep through no fault of their own, and reassure everyone worrying about the meaning of "serial voting" that, if you haven't received a mod message, you're not suspected of any inappropriate behaviour. It's one of those unfortunate cases where a lot of people who did nothing wrong are suffering negative consequences (i.e. rep loss).
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@SQB Both of those statements are correct, yes.
 
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Huh. Actually 6.6k on my part. I guess the reputation dropdown has a cap on how much it will display.
12:16
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Q: How did the first order become so powerful in secret when there was a ruling body in place

Clone cyborg commando How did the first order get so powerful and the senate didn’t do anything or notice. Why did the rebel alliance know but no one else? Why didn’t they bring the matter to the senate

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Q: Book about a boy whose loved one are possessed by a demon

YnirAbout 8 years ago I read a book whose protagonist was an only child to a very poor but loving family. I think the setting was semimodern, as the boy went to school and had school supplies like notebooks, but there was also a "kingdom and monarchs and servants" type section near the end. I read th...

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13:22
@Randal'Thor also, this was just on this stack?
@SQB it might be prudent to wait and hear from a CM
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Okay.
I'm not going to figure out how to dedupe these on strike, but there's a lot of Legend of Zelda questions about the timeline: scifi.stackexchange.com/q/140542/3804 scifi.stackexchange.com/q/149643/3804 scifi.stackexchange.com/q/143410/3804 scifi.stackexchange.com/a/15986/3804
 
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Q: Movie where an invading alien spaceship crashes and is frozen in Russia/Siberia/Mongolia

Joe BrannenWithin the last couple of years I watched a movie where some people realize that an invading alien spaceship had crashed in some place like Russia or Siberia, where it's icy most of the time. The only reason the invasion didn't proceed was because the alien ship and alien were frozen. A group of...

 
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16:26
Community has been really busy the past 24h; 10 posts bumped so far. It's just weird it's so much so fast after having been mostly quiet for weeks.
@DavidW It might be a direct consequence of so many votes being removed. Posts which were at +1 would now be at 0
16:44
Ah, that makes sense. You're right, it definitely follows the deletion if I drill down on the time.
 
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posted on July 25, 2023 by Zach Weinersmith

Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext: I'm just saying, when the robots take over, if you're an SMBC reader I think you'll get a little leeway. Today's News:

 
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19:47
@Randal'Thor FWIW, they answered. TL;DR, they found a pattern of upvoting without regard to the actual quality of the question, apparently aided by an SF&F mod who noted a suspicious pattern.
20:43
@SQB As far as I know, yes - I haven't checked if the user was also active on other SE sites, but it's not a big network-wide thing like some other similar vote reversals have been.
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@DavidW I came into chat to comment on the amount of community bumped post just now, there has been an insulator high number today
An unusual* amount… not insulator amount…
21:10
@fez I was tempted to post "@Community Slow down, you're 9/15!" :)
Looks like it's 1 every hour, approximately on the hour.
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21:23
Gotta keep clear of the informal 15 post limit there lol
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Q: Please identify an Asimov short story with miniature typewriter

AndrewI recall an Asimov short story from the 1950s or before, in which a reporter character hides a mini-typewriter in a pocket, so he can surreptitiously type notes during an interview. It's a great example of a bad prediction of new technology, since Asimov didn't postulate a miniature wire or tape ...

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Q: Is the time machine that Paracelsus uses powered by a flux capacitor?

Titanius AnglesmithIn the first episode of Warehouse 13, Paracelsus uses H.G. wells's time machine, and by connecting several artefacts to it, he can actually travel through time, rather than just send his conciousness. In a close-up of the time machine, a coil looking suspiciously similar to the flux capacitor fro...

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Q: In Andy Weir's The Martian, how did each astronaut plan to commit suicide?

Steve PetersonI have a vague memory of astronaut Johanssen having brought heroin on board as her 'preferred method' of suicide... but haven't been able to find this described in the book. Any help greatly appreciated!

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Q: I am trying to think of a movie I saw about 30 years ago

BillI can't think of the name of this movie but I can remember scenes of this robotic alien figure in what looked like a biker helmet that's unstoppable and hunting down certain people. It has a thin transparent spike come out of its arm while in the backseat of a vehicle and goes through the front s...


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