Maybe I should add a little context, as honestly it’s much more around the annoyance of having to deal with people that are unhinged online. Dunno what it is about Lemmy specifically, but I’ve definitely encountered more people here per post that will go through my comments/posts to comment and downvote over nonsense than elsewhere.
Like in December, I had the audacity to ask if someone’s post really belonged in the community they posted it in. He proceeded to harass me by downvoting and commenting on my stuff across THREE accounts with no repercussions from admins on either the LW or Reddthat instance their accounts were on. Mods temp-banned him from a few communities it took place in and it calmed down once I blocked the third account and stopped posting for a bit. Then I had a mod on a power trip delete and downvote some of my comments before I got him banned less than a month later over covid misinformation.
It’s one thing if it’s just downvotes on a single comment, but it’s uncomfortable having someone go through my stuff and be that upset at me over nothing. People on Reddit and Twitter have tried to dox me with one dude messaging my old boss on LinkedIn trying to get me fired for discussing why Reddit is severely overcharging compared to industry partners I work with during the API fiasco.
Lemmy needs to make it a lot harder to interact with post/comment history through profiles, as having at least some barrier would help offset the more mildly-unhinged people.
I don't doubt you specifically, just seems odd that you're aware of the exact vote count of every comment you've made, to claim that someone mass down voted you by one on each post...
Yep, it’s really frustrating. I used to be a decent contributor in statistics, analytics, machine learning, and Linux oriented communities on one of my Reddit accounts before deleting it in June. Thought I could find a better home here but I’m not interested in contributing if the culture is so negative to anyone who doesn’t fit the FOSS/Linux crowd. Like seeing mass-downvotes of well-written contributions along with rude/dismissive comments screams “you don’t belong here” to people and will absolutely inhibit Lemmy’s long-term success.
There could be 3 out of 1000 people that make you feel not welcome. Don't judge a platform because of those 3 people. Maybe it helps to focus on the 4 out of 1000 people that make you feel welcome. And don't think about the 993 people who really don't care what you write.
Don’t care about the votes as much as I care about someone being unhinged enough to go through and interact with my entire post history. Dealt with enough weird behavior here.