I've been downvoated into the negatives once gaining mod status (pizzagatemods)

submitted ago by wecanhelp

(@kevdude, fair call with no exceptions on /v/pizzagate. Resubmitting here.)

Shorty after being made into a mod (M) by @kevdude, my account got downvoated to -95 from almost 300 over the course of maybe two hours, in an obvious attack carried out by 3-4 accounts. Apparently @belphegorsprime is [another victim](https://voat.co/v/pizzagatemods/1518769) of this, having been granted mod status a few days ago.

We need to establish a protocol for cases like this, and this would be a good time to do that. I'd also be grateful for a little help, and I'm sure @belphegorsprime would be as well.

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belphegorsprime ago

Thanks for addressing this.

I propose that we:

  1. Check the victim's comment history (due diligence), and if they are legit, upvote what comments we can
  2. Do not base this on political belief, taste in music, or anything like that
  3. Check if it is a legitimate account based on consistency and whether they have made comments in "good faith"
    • comments history shouldn't be schizophrenic in nature (expressing contradictory opinions from one comment to the next)
    • comments showing disinterest in a topic but being posted in a subverse for that topic are a red flag (example: "Julian was always safe and sound, you guys are crazy" posted in whereisassange).
    • obvious spam is a red flag

These are just some ideas that I've used as heuristics in the past.

gopluckyourself ago

Going through and trying to find anybody you may have had an argument with or whatever.
I still don't know how I avoided getting downvoated into oblivion.

Phobos_Mothership ago

it was amalek, trust me

gopluckyourself ago

I'm part of the trust but verify crowd.

Phobos_Mothership ago

We all should be. Wouldn't want to upvote any shills in goat's clothing