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I do recall seeing something that they actually aren’t and instance owners are able to see who downvotes things, but that was a couple of months ago and may have been changed. I’ll see if I can find the post
Thanks, this is kind of what I was hoping, at least mods might be able to clear it up. Could well be I’m not being targeted by just one person but it’s almost always when I post stuff about being trans so it feels like it probably is.
It’s not something mods have any access to, and it is not information that is generally available at all. From that post it looks like a site admin might be able to write a script to get the information from the API, but I have no idea how complicated that would actually be. You would need to contact an admin and ask if you want them to do something like that.
But doing that would open up a lot of questions about what is appropriate in regards to site management, and you would need to be clear about exactly what you are asking. Are you just asking for someone to find out if it is a single person for your own piece of mind? Are you asking admins to take some sort of action against people who downvote your posts, and if so what? I’m really not clear on what you think should be done, you’ve said that blocking people does no good but you have not actually said what you think would work.
I want to support you, but as a moderator I have the ability to pin posts, remove specific posts/comments and block specific people from the group. That’s it.
I remember that post. I have never loaded up the database directly to read votes. But yes, I do have that power. I will take a look tonight at what I can actually see later tonight after the kids have gone to bed. That’ll be around 11pm Melbourne time. Sorry I do have a day job and can’t look at this any time sooner.
Oh yeah, I wasn’t saying you didn’t, or accusing you of being unwilling, I was just responding to modern gods comment about vote anonymity
Also, FWIW, I think before you do look you should consider what sorts of implications this may potentially have. I absolutely think it’s warranted in this case - I don’t have much respect for transphobes that are too scared to actually publicly state their opinion, but since this will set a bit of a precedent, it may be worth making an announcement in the main community so that people know their votes aren’t anonymous and may be checked in certain circumstances? Again, I don’t really care, but it could of course be seen as somewhat of an invasion
Honestly you peeps running this are amazing. thanks Nath, you have been more than patient with my drama than I deserve or expected. Thank you so much. edit no rush and as I said to Rusty, I’d just like to know if it is indeed all the same person and if they’re a regular user. If it’s just me paranoid great. Hope it’s not too much of a stress.
