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[-] gullible@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Unrelated, but why is it that so many kbin users seem to keep a dedicated reducing account? Relatively frequently, an account that reduces a post or comment has no recent posts or comments but heavy initial usage a ~month ago as jpgr above. It’s weird.

[-] jpgr@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I downvoted because it was a lazy comment not providing further elaboration. If anything, the fact that such a comment is highly upvoted shows that this community is not mature yet.

That I'm not engaging in online discussion doesn't automatically mean this is a bot or "dedicated reducing" account. Please restrain yourself from judging strangers on the internet.

[-] gullible@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

In a space dominated by people endlessly sharing opinions and articles and memes, it’s just extremely peculiar to find accounts like yours so frequently downvoting while absent other activities even if it’s relatively mundane. Take, for instance, the upvotes on nothingwise’s comment where 1/5 are blank accounts. The novelty of the information sets off alarm bells, so I apologize if I was mistaken. I’m not trying to start a witch-hunt or JAQ off so I’ll leave it at that.

[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I think those existed on Reddit too. It's just that you could never actually confirm they existed.

[-] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Which was why they existed, as alts to upvote a user's own posts and downvote opposing ones.

Except now we're on kbin, we can see them.

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