Do you think these downvotes are bots, or just Nazis?
from iloveDigit@piefed.social to programming@programming.dev on 23 Jun 16:56
https://piefed.social/c/programming/p/2160728/do-you-think-these-downvotes-are-bots-or-just-bot-brained-people

Edit - so far, people aren’t really answering my question, but they seem to be trying to suggest the downvotes made sense, while offering no better explanation for how than maybe everyone suddenly got triggered by the flags in my username. Fuck you if you support Israelis btw

Edit 2 - improved precision of language by changing “bot brained people” to “Nazis” after someone tried to make this about the flags in my username

It’s very obvious I’m targeted with botted downvotes on reddit and piefed, but of course a lot of people are also just Nazi morons.

I’m curious what people here think of this particular example from the comments on my last post here.

They upvote someone giving me an irrelevant link while pretending it’s relevant, but they downvote the shit out of me explaining why it’s not relevant. For context, the discussion was about a shell script I was trying to develop to store data in the corner of a video using QR codes.

Here’s the github link they posted.

The original thread is removed now, so this link to see more of the context won’t work. I also can’t copy and paste from the original post to provide more context, because unlike reddit, piefed doesn’t let me see my own posts after they’ve been removed.

The post did last a few days before being removed, and not a single one of the people downvoting me (or upvoting that guy) ever replied to explain whatever half a percent of a thought process their clicks were based on, so I felt like making this follow-up post to invite discussion again.

One of the mods/admins here also harassed me with gaslighty DMs (continuing after I told them to stop) and temporarily banned me, they are now blocked. (That post was also the first place I posted the shitty early version of the code in this project, so removing it is pretty fucked up since it makes it harder for me to prove when I first posted it if any liars try to dispute that later.) I’m looking forward to being permanently banned so that I’m permanently done dealing with you people here, but in the mean time, I’m curious about any responses to this.

They upvote someone giving me an irrelevant link while pretending it's relevant, but they downvote the shit out of me explaining why it's not relevant. For context, the discussion was about a shell script I was trying to develop to store data in the corner of a video using QR codes.

#bots #piefed #programming #spam

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Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Jun 17:05 collapse

I don’t thibk your post is on topic for this community. But even if it would be, without knowing the original post no one can tell why the votes are like this, though honestly I doubt you are specifically targeted by bots (excwpt you have a realllly good reason to believe so).

As for you QR code idea, this should be relativly easy with tools like qrencode and ffmpeg

iloveDigit@piefed.social on 23 Jun 17:07 next collapse

Read more carefully, I explained the context.

It’s weird how after complaining you couldn’t understand such a short post, you gaslight me about how “good” my reasons have to be for noticing obvious things.

Regarding the tools - currently using zint, ffmpeg, and zxing as I continue trying to do this. Was zbar instead of zxing at time of the original post.

Idea definitely should be easy for someone with more knowledge/expertise than me, and if anyone got the idea from my removed post, they can get it done faster than me and pretend it had nothing to do with me, thanks to my post being removed. But that’s totally aside from the point of whether people think it seems like bots or just regular human stupidity driving vote patterns like these.

red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Jun 17:45 collapse

I have no skin in the game, I only saw this post come up in my stream. I think the reason for the downvotea aren’t bots, but rather your abrasive comments. Quite frankly, you come across as a dick.

one_old_coder@piefed.social on 23 Jun 17:08 collapse

Same. Off-topic, some bots could downvote, and the overuse of flags/emojis in the name could trigger people. Anything is possible.

Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Jun 17:10 next collapse

Ah my client doesn’t even show the emojis

iloveDigit@piefed.social on 23 Jun 17:27 collapse

One (of three) is a Palestinian flag, they said “overuse” as a Nazi dog whistle for not liking that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)

What about you, I assume you’re a Nazi too based on your initial reply?

iloveDigit@piefed.social on 23 Jun 17:10 collapse

It’s on topic (literally about the place I’m posting it in, and about programming) but you want it removed. What would happen if both of you said that instead of lying? Would it be unbearable for you to handle your feelings that way instead?

one_old_coder@piefed.social on 23 Jun 17:12 next collapse

No need to downvote me, you’re wrong. You’re having a moderation issue on a programming community. That’s the most off-topic you can be.

you want it removed

I don’t care about you, I don’t even know you. Read again what I said: could be off-topic, emojis, etc.

iloveDigit@piefed.social on 23 Jun 17:16 collapse
  • Look at the fucking number of bullet points of rebuttals for me to make here already, what you’re doing is called a “gish gallop” and anyone reading this should look that up
  • There’s never need to downvote anyone, downvotes aren’t driven by need, you know that and you’re wasting time pretending otherwise
  • Whether downvotes are needed is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn’t?
  • I’m not wrong
  • Whether I’m wrong is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn’t?
  • I didn’t ask if I was having a moderation issue
  • Whether I’m aware of the moderation issue I told you about is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn’t?
  • I don’t care if some off topic thing I didn’t ask about is off topic, it doesn’t make my post off topic at all unless something is wrong with your client that makes it fail to render the rest of my post (in which case even the part you’re seeing is still half on-topic since it’s about the place I’m posting it in)
  • I didn’t ask if you care about me or think you did, you know that and you’re wasting time pretending otherwise
  • Whether you care about me is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn’t?
  • I didn’t ask if you know me or think you did, you know that and you’re wasting time pretending otherwise
  • Whether you know me is a programming topic to you, but me asking about responses to my coding project isn’t?
  • I have no reason to read what you said again
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social on 23 Jun 17:15 collapse

Have you considered that, perhaps, your prickly attitude and the tone of your posts is the source of the downvotes, rather than the content?

iloveDigit@piefed.social on 23 Jun 17:18 collapse

Possibilities:

A. The screenshot didn’t load for you and you’re getting way ahead of yourself making shit up presenting it as reality without loading the actual image

B. (obvious real one) The screenshot did load for you but you’re trying to gaslight me by pretending you thought it was really “prickly” or had some extreme “tone” - conflating my replies for hostile disingenuous time wasting dumbasses like you with my reply for someone who posted an irrelevant link under possibly good intentions

KoboldCoterie@pawb.social on 23 Jun 17:30 next collapse

Mate, I could not care less about your screenshot. I’m referring to your posts in this thread, which extends to this very reply, where you’ve got a generally off-putting, condescending tone and frankly, I’m glad you’re getting downvoted for them, because that sort of behavior is just not something I’d like to see rewarded on the fediverse.

iloveDigit@piefed.social on 23 Jun 17:32 collapse

conflating my replies for hostile disingenuous time wasting dumbasses like you with my reply for someone who posted an irrelevant link under possibly good intentions

Do you get paid for this or are you just getting practice by trying to gaslight me?

Didn’t read past first few words either way

setsubyou@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 17:34 collapse

We can all click on your name and see your other comments, I suspect that’s what they’re referring to. There is a really strong correlation between the number of downvotes you received for past comments and whether or not they contain language like “fuck off retard” or similar.

I think they hit the nail on the head, and there is no point in botting downvotes on this platform in the first place, since there is no karma.

My client tells me I’ve downvoted you before as well, though I don’t remember where.