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in thread Attack of the Downvote Bots

FWIW, you could have gotten the same effect by watching the Worst Nodes node. The poor schlub didn't really deserve the absolute pounding he got - and I think the loss of both abigal and sierrathedog04 was mostly a result of the sharklike feeding frenzy.

Sometimes a community can turn into a mob - and quite frankly, that's what we turned into.

EEjack

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Re: Re: Re: Re^2: Attack of the Downvote Bots
by virtualsue (Vicar) on Jul 31, 2001 at 22:28 UTC
    sierrathedog04 wouldn't have been downvoted nearly as much if he hadn't ignored the very clear expressions of discomfort in the responses to his nodes and pressed on with his (non)point. I don't think it's fair to blame the 'community' for this particular debacle. I'm only sorry that Abigail left as a result.
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