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Re:Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Need... by codetrotter on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @09:25AM (#27983421)
> someone comes along with their four accounts and downvotes every comment I got

I think the Reddit server software actually detects that kind of thing now and will make those votes not count.

Likewise I think they’ve also made it so that a single comment alone that downvotes get piled onto will not hurt the account of the person that wrote it that much any longer.

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Re:Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Need... by ghostoftiber on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:45AM (#27984412)
For stories? Yes. For comments? They don't seem to care. Also the reddit bot mob is a very real thing and there's folks who enjoy evading those sorts of attempts at control. It becomes a game unto itself.
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