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Why am I receiving so many downvotes at once?

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Why am I getting these downvotes? It started last week (or the week before) and now it seems like it's getting contagious: -

Screenshot of 9 downvotes on February 6, 2022

Seems like this site has some of the same outrageous inclinations as stack exchange. Downvotes should be registered and viewable by the person being downvoted IMHO.

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I agree about downvotes should be visible to all. (8 comments)
That's odd. We'll have to look into that; the developer team is working on some tools to help combat ... (1 comment)
Thanks for the report. (1 comment)
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Thank you for your report. This case is being handled.

In general: We take our voting rules very seriously. Users should vote based on the content of a post and not based on who wrote it. It is also not permitted to use "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent restrictions or rules. If we detect voting fraud, we'll remove the malicious votes and we'll recalculate post scores, reputation, etc. accordingly. Users who participate in voting fraud may be suspended.

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Are there any mechanisms in place to detect serial voting? (2 comments)
Just tell me the name of the downvoter and there's a chance I might be able to give you the reasons t... (3 comments)
Just tell me the name of the downvoter and there's a chance I might be able to give you the reasons t...
Andy aka‭ wrote almost 3 years ago
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Just tell me the name of the downvoter and there's a chance I might be able to give you the reasons they downvoted. It's probably some revenge thing from stack exchange.

Mithical‭ wrote almost 3 years ago
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Andy aka‭ - Giving out data about users' voting isn't something we'd like to start doing, even if those votes are fraudulent. (Not even mods and most staff have access to details about votes; it requires database access.) It's being handled, but we're not going to publish information about who's behind it, sorry.

Andy aka‭ wrote almost 3 years ago
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Then this site should prevent users who wish to remain anonymous from casting downvotes on anything. Personally I would choose not to be anonymous as I believe in openness in things like this. If you wish to avoid looking like big-brother stack exchange then you should consider this.