<![CDATA[My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help.]]>Hello. I've found that rather suddenly, all of my comments within the past week have exactly 3 downvotes. These are even on totally unassuming comments, like a comment I posted saying that French is used in a lot of African countries.

I believe it might be possible that I am suddenly being harassed be a user with multiple accounts or something.

Looking for some guidance.

Thanks all.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/topic/2b215160-dcce-481f-954a-bca3b85afa8a/my-comments-are-suddenly-all-being-mass-downvoted.-looking-for-some-help.RSS for NodeSun, 06 Sep 2026 04:28:40 GMTSun, 30 Aug 2026 21:24:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:57:47 GMT]]>some one really likes you

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://no.lastname.nz/comment/7173444https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://no.lastname.nz/comment/7173444Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:57:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:28:36 GMT]]>mostly agree but when someone's coordinating multiple accounts, it's a form of astroturfed censorship at some point. especially for people who sort comments by hot / top.

you might be fine with him being silenced, but don't act like it's benign.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25577776https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25577776Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:28:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:24:45 GMT]]>it would appear you've found your fan club.

now that you've identified your audience, it's time to start crafting content for 'em.

this could be an entire new hobby

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25577740https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25577740Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:24:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:58:20 GMT]]>The votes don’t matter as much as you may think. The sooner you realize that, the better experience you’ll have on this platform. Keep sharing your opinions and suggestions!

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://mander.xyz/comment/29260415https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://mander.xyz/comment/29260415Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:58:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:40:32 GMT]]>welcome to lemmy.

nobody cares.

I say this as a victim of this as well.

I've thought about making an army of bots and going scorched earth on every single comment for everyone until the devs find a solution.

still might. 🤷 who knows.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25577355https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25577355Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:40:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:12:29 GMT]]>Time to create 4 accounts and a bot that upvotes all your own comments

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25577102https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25577102Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:12:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:14:28 GMT]]>Doesn't other instance downvote still work though?

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25576577https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25576577Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:14:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:33:53 GMT]]>You know when I initially joined Lemmy I was actually on Beehaw. Was a somewhat pleasant time until they went nuclear with defederating from everyone and all that jazz.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25576202https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25576202Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:33:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:37:02 GMT]]>I want you to know you had 2 downvotes and I downvoted you only to make the total 3.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://startrek.website/comment/24468725https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://startrek.website/comment/24468725Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:37:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:14:13 GMT]]>On one hand, I completely and totally hear you. The thing that people don't think about is that they do color someone's initial impression of a comment. So you're significantly more likely to get more negative engagement from others that way. It's why some places/sites sometimes obscure the initial votes for a set number of time.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25575449https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25575449Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:14:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:46:26 GMT]]>If you have to, it might be worth considering an instance that has downvotes disabled. It'd dodge the issue in the future.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://crazypeople.online/comment/10822099https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://crazypeople.online/comment/10822099Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:46:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:30:48 GMT]]>The thing to do is stop giving a shit about downvotes. They will have zero impact your life unless you give them that power.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://piefed.social/comment/12724570https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://piefed.social/comment/12724570Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:30:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:10:15 GMT]]>It occurred to a huge number of comments suddenly at 3:05-3:30am-ish. And then another user today just now. This is what it looks like for all of the comments.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573994https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573994Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:10:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:08:38 GMT]]>If the instance you use hasn't altered the folders used by default you can just append "/u/<user@instance>/" to the url and it should go to them.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://pawb.social/comment/24049397https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://pawb.social/comment/24049397Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:08:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:08:30 GMT]]>https://lemmy.world/search?q=ReplaceThisTextWithName&type=Users&listingType=All&page=1&sort=New&titleOnly=false

Search for them with this and you should be able to go to their profiles from there.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573969https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573969Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:08:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:05:05 GMT]]>I guess that's my difficulty. I don't how to navigate to their profile from my instance. I only know how to go to their instance to find their profile.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573919https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573919Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:05:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:01:28 GMT]]>Agreed - I guess I just interpreted it as having pissed off multiple people.

But if all three votes come at the same time (or same IP assuming mods/mod log have that info) that would be a pretty big clue.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573879https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573879Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:01:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:01:22 GMT]]>You should be able to navigate to their profile from your own instance and hit the button to send a DM to them. AFAIK there's no place to just type in the user's account name and send them a DM without using that button unless using an app that has that functionality.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://pawb.social/comment/24049310https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://pawb.social/comment/24049310Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:01:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:00:58 GMT]]>Looks like there are now four of them. This is very upsetting as I've blocked them and don't want to have to make a new account. :( I've never been systemically harassed before online.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573874https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573874Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:00:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:57:49 GMT]]>It is when you use multiple accounts to vote multiple times on the same content.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://pawb.social/comment/24049270https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://pawb.social/comment/24049270Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:57:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:57:05 GMT]]>Do you happen to know how I can send a message to someone on the fediverse without navigating to their profile? I'm a bit slow but I can't seem to figure it out. When I go to the instance in question to figure out who the admin is, I can't message them because I am not logged in on that instance. Because my account is on lemmy.world. I tried searching their name in the post/comment search feature, but they don't seem to always pop up that way.

There is a "messages" tab where I can view messages that I have sent and received, but I can't figure out how to just send a new message to a user there without clicking on their profile first.

Thanks for your help. I guess I wasn't expecting that to be confusing unless I'm missing how to do it.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573830https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573830Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:57:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:56:43 GMT]]>Is voting “vote manipulation” though?

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573825https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573825Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:56:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:45:30 GMT]]>I'm not sure there's much you could do except report them to the admins of their respective instances for vote manipulation.

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://pawb.social/comment/24049096https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://pawb.social/comment/24049096Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:45:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My comments are suddenly all being mass downvoted. Looking for some help. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:40:41 GMT]]>Thank you. I see them now. Do you know how I would go about reporting them and to who? Tbh I'm a bit confused on how this works with federated communities. It's not as if we're all on the same collective.

Will blocking them help stop them from mass downvoting me or no? Will they still be able to see and downvote?

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573610https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25573610Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:40:41 GMT