this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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My impression is that a lot of the new users from the reddit influx explicitly use downvotes as a way to signal their disagreement with an opinion. As a result, several instances have disabled downvotes to shield themselves from this unwanted internet culture. There have also been working proof of concepts of articifial downvote bots, using such tools would be in line with the reddit culture as I've experienced it.
That's how the system technically works, not the rules on my instance.
No there is definitely some fishy shit going on. I would bet there are people spinning up whole instances just to control vote flow. Even if it's not you someone IS doing it. But it's probably you
I would be fine having my votes audited. And my post.