After I made this fun little comment I started to get instantly downvoted on every comment that I make. I think that someone has created a downvote bot that targets certain people. Whenever I post a comment, it shows: "0 points" instantly. Like, the second I hit the button: instant downvote. It happens too fast for it to be a human. A human wouldn't even have time to read my reply, let alone downvote it.
So, I ask: is anyone else having their comments instantly downvoted?
EDIT: This appears to be the result of a change made by admin in user voting behavior. Everyone's comments start at 0 points now instead of 1. There's a post over in /v/announcements somewhere which explains it...
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brightfuture ago
All my comments are starting at zero instead of one now. I'm thinking it's a bug. Possibly related to the new requirements of having a certain amount of karma on your account before you can vote, although I thought it was just for downvotes.
edit: Possible, looks like, this is just the new system. No more free votes ha.
casualwhoaversereade ago
I just upvoted you. did it work?
brightfuture ago
Yes it did. It appears as though when you post something, your personal upvote just isn't showing up, because the votecount is 0|0 instead of +1|-1