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Do communities on this instance have a worse down vote ratio? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 months ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/div0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Preface: Love this instance, happy to be here and this isnt a complaint just an observation.

OK so I mod a few communities across several instances, big and small. 3 on this very instance, I have noticed a pattern that posts on this instance tend to get a consistent early downvote count.

This might be my bad observations or the type of posts I see so I'd love to hear if anyone else has noticed the same.

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[-] spidervl@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago

it's still mildly-infuriating to see obviously innocuous/irreverent posts/comments being dogpiled

I think early downvoters are just trying to induce others to follow them because they're assholes and have nothing better to do. Unfortunately, it's pretty common with both Reddit and Lemmy.

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

It seems to be more prevalent on lemmy - if the post or comment gets 3 or 4 downvotes before it even gains traction, then it's dogpiled.

You can see it irl yourself. Post the same comment in a different thread (within the same post!), and watch the difference.

[-] spidervl@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It seems to be more prevalent on lemmy

I've noticed this with the two largest Lemmy instances -- .ml and .world.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

I don't mod any communities but I do put in the effort to curate my "All" feed and most of the users & communities I block come from those 2 instances. Toss hexbear on there and that's almost 100%.

The .world is tricky bc it is such a large instance and that's where many new lemmings land so it's always going to be messy.

I still have my world account but never use it. I prefer being part of db0.

[-] spidervl@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

I don't mod any communities but I do put in the effort to curate my "All" feed and most of the users & communities I block come from those 2 instances. Toss hexbear on there and that’s almost 100%.

I specifically avoid all three of them as well, along with Beehaw.

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I normally use my .world login, and there are 2 instances specifically on my regular scroll (all, active) that are at 0 or less mere minutes in....

[-] spidervl@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

That's weird. Someone else here in the comments section mentioned downvote bots, so it might be that (?)

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