I have already contacted the administrator about it, but he said that the votes on my posts and comments seem legitimate as far as he checked.
But I still highly doubt so.
Here is a pattern that I notice:
- On every single post and comment I made, without exception, there is at least one downvote.
- Also, these downvotes keep appearing all at once (i.e. when the mass-downvoter sends his next wave of downvotes)
- My score recently dropped from +12 to -19 within one hour without any new posts. The only way this this could have happened is that someone speervoted me.
I highly suspect that it's the same account downvoting everything I post and comment, because the happenings speak in favour of that theory.
These targeted downvotes can impossibly be legitimate.
I am writing this because many more people might be affected. It is a loophole and might discourage many more users.
I suggest implementing automated algorithms that prevent speervoting, which is an abuse of the voting systems.
Also, I kindly ask any administrator to confirm that the mass-downvotes on my submissions and comments are not coming from the same user.
Be aware that some people will see this activity as sort of back-handed, almost as to say "this site isn't good enough for me to post the content here, so visit this other site that is." It's generally a bad practice if it can be avoided. The exception tends to be when there's some profound discussion happening on the platform itself, but in the context of what I remember you posting I don't recall that being the case.