Internet currency manipulators!

I’ve never seen downvotes used for anything other than indicating to others who to dogpile on, without it a lot of people simply won’t know which side of an argument they should be on

I have just upvoted your post

FAQ

What does this mean?

The amount of number on your post has increased by one, and you now have an unfair advantage in the marketplace of ideas.

Why did you do this?

There are several reasons I may deem a post to be worthy of positive number. These include, but are not limited to:

• ⁠Rudeness towards libs, • ⁠Spreading correct information, • ⁠Sarcasm not flagged with a /s.

Am I a mod of c/chapotraphouse now?

No - not yet. But you should keep making posts like this in the future. I will be forced to issue additional upvotes which will give you further advantages.

I can’t believe my post deserved an upvote. This must be a dream.

Not a dream, a spectre. It haunts the libs.

How can I get this to happen again in the future?

Accept the upvote and move on. But learn from this victory: your behavior will be tolerated on hexbear.net. I will continue to issue upvotes until communism wins. Remember: posting is a right, not a privilege.

do instances who log all their users IPs and use discord bots to scrape posts and comments violate their users privacy and safety?

talking abt lemmy.world for those unaware