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There are some very immature people on this site that will down-vote me if I don't choose their answer. Has anyone else had this problem?

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    You can show a proof for this?
    – Ladybug Killer
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:05
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    I'm jealous you asked this question. -1
    – Jeff Yates
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:06
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    Examples please.
    – cletus
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:19
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    it is not super common but has happened a few times in the last couple weeks, there is no way to prove it as mentioned but sometimes you can just know, On 1 ocassion a guy got really upset that I didnt use his answer and I chose another 1 which was a much better answer, the guy then followed me around and posted negative things on all my post for that day and downvoted me of everything, I am sure the downvotes were from him as they happed right after all his negative talk and after he would post things in a question, then I would get the downvote.
    – JasonDavis
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:30
  • @jasondavis, you should flag the behaviour, and a moderator can check it out for you.
    – devinb
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:35
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    @jasondavis, please ignore Rich, your situation is something that happens on SO, and all you can do is flag a moderator if it's done extremely
    – Lance Roberts
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:59

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This is something you can't actually prove, so it's just an assumption.

P.S. If you don't accept this answer, I'll down vote you.

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    @OP: If you do accept this answer, I'll downvote you. Your move, Ian.
    – Hilarious Comedy Pesto
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:08
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    If anybody moves...I'm flagging you all!
    – Sampson
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:10
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    Oooh...a flagging...a flagging...Oooh...flag me too!
    – EBGreen
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:11
  • That's it: I'm sending an email to team@stackoverflow.com!
    – perbert
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:15
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    waits for the required moderator intervention
    – BinaryMisfit
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:16
  • Ban them all, Diago!
    – Ladybug Killer
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:26
  • It's a logical fallacy to think that not having proof = assumption
    – Lance Roberts
    Aug 25, 2009 at 15:00
  • @Lance, not at all... but that seems to be the word of the month on MSO so it's w/e
    – Ian Elliott
    Aug 25, 2009 at 15:19
  • The verb to assume is spellt ass-u-me
    – Treb
    Aug 25, 2009 at 16:04
  • Wait, was that flagging or flogging?
    – jtimberman
    Aug 25, 2009 at 17:21
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If it becomes blatant, there are reputation recalculation algorithms that are run on an undisclosed and perhaps not consistent schedule that will adjust for it. I they are being clearly abusive, flag the abusive comment/answer and explain the situation in the flag text box and a moderator will look at it.

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  • They run periodically? I would say every now and then...
    – Ladybug Killer
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:10
  • @John: There is no rule on what the length of the period is although I would say it was aperiodically as the length of that period does change.
    – Jeff Yates
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:17
  • so much for building my bot to downvote my enemies/haters!
    – JasonDavis
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:27
  • I think they run every 6 to 8 weeks.
    – Paul Tomblin
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:41
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People are down-voting over inane reasons!

News at eleven.

People downvote for a number of reasons, not necessarily logical. They also upvote for the same not necessarily logical reasons.

I think that in the end it evens out.

Also there is no way to know intent of a vote, not until SO Neural Iterface 0.3.2 goes public Beta in about 6 to 8 weeks.

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  • (-1) My feet hurt.
    – Shog9
    Sep 23, 2009 at 0:24
  • Flag post as footstep noise.
    – perbert
    Sep 23, 2009 at 0:56
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I don't think a single occurrence of this is very provable or worthy of being searched for and reversed. However, if there are users who are consistently doing this, I would hope the fraud prevention algorithm does or will look for this and reverse it. It is not a behavior that seems in keeping with the spirit of SO.

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If you sincerely have a problem, send an e-mail to team@stackoverflow.com. However before doing that flag the questions/answers you believe this has happened on and why. The moderators will then investigate if necessary.

However the voting mechanism does get checked by regular scripts that will undo common down-voting scenarios.

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While there are those who may partake in this behavior, I believe they are in the minority and a single downvote does not carry enough weight to really have a detrimental impact on your reputation. In addition, if they go on a campaign of retributal downvoting, they will get caught out by the system detecting their unsportsmanlike conduct.

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I've had this problem, but I can't prove it.

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    I also see invisible pink unicorns
    – juan
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:22
  • I'm glad I'm not the only one. Do they tell you about the Cataclysm too?
    – Bill the Lizard
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:27
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    If they're invisible, how do you know they're pink?
    – John Rudy
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:28
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    Invisible cornification?
    – EBGreen
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:29
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    @John, that's magic (btw, you are not concerned that I can see them?)
    – juan
    Aug 25, 2009 at 14:35
  • You have to be able to see them to be in Meta
    – perbert
    Sep 22, 2009 at 23:49

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