It’s very obvious I’m targeted with botted downvotes on reddit and piefed, but of course a lot of people only have bot-level brains.
I’m curious what people here think of this particular example from the comments on my last post here.
They upvote someone giving me an irrelevant link while pretending it’s relevant, but they downvote the shit out of me explaining why it’s not relevant. For context, the discussion was about a shell script I was trying to develop to store data in the corner of a video using QR codes.
Here’s the github link they posted.
The original thread is removed now, so this link to see more of the context won’t work. I also can’t copy and paste from the original post to provide more context, because unlike reddit, piefed doesn’t let me see my own posts after they’ve been removed.
The post did last a few days before being removed, and not a single one of the people downvoting me (or upvoting that guy) ever replied to explain whatever half a percent of a thought process their clicks were based on, so I felt like making this follow-up post to invite discussion again.
One of the mods/admins here also harassed me with gaslighty DMs (continuing after I told them to stop) and temporarily banned me, they are now blocked. (That post was also the first place I posted the shitty early version of the code in this project, so removing it is pretty fucked up since it makes it harder for me to prove when I first posted it if any liars try to dispute that later.) I’m looking forward to being permanently banned so that I’m permanently done dealing with you people here, but in the mean time, I’m curious about any responses to this.
Has anyone agreed with your premise yet, or are they all still secretly conspiring to make you look like a paranoid weirdo?
“Do you think I’m being downvoted by bots or Nazis? It couldn’t possibly be because I’m annoying as fuck!”
Is there a gangstalking community on the fediverse yet?
You made a weird and snarky response to someone posting an encoding tool acting like it’s just a proof of concept and not a working app despite the app being there for you to actually download and try, and are now wondering if you’re being downvoted by Nazis and not because you’re an insufferable dingus. 🙄
I was waiting for someone to just lie and pretend the app is more than a proof of concept. Didn’t read past that part but feel free to show the thing working in the real world if you want, retard.
The readme page doesn’t even slightly imply it’s designed to work in real world conditions, because it’s only a proof of concept, but knock yourself out trying.
Have you tried actually using it? Nobody should make assumptions, but you especially should stop. None of them are ever even close to reality, and you wanna claim everyone and everything is lying to you when told you’re an idiot.
The readme does not mention real world use cases
I said I would need to see proof of it working, why the fuck would I let everyone that hates me make me spend hours doing a 10x more than needed investigation of every fucking irrelevant link they can come up with
Showcase it working in real world conditions (you can’t because it definitely doesn’t) or shut the fuck up moron
If you understood what it did, you would be able to figure out a use for it yourself. It’s not that complicated. It encodes literally any data, into a video. 🤦♂️
You wanna send a hidden message through a video of Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up so the average person would think it’s just a Rick Roll and not actually a hidden message, you could use this program.
This github repo will make you a millionaire
- I’m assuming you’ve never tried to become a millionaire before and it only takes me 2 seconds of googling to find what you’re missing
- The readme doesn’t mention making you a millionaire though
- And I won’t showcase it making you a millionaire
- But if you reply saying you would need to see proof of it working before you spend too much time digging into this, I’ll say “have you actually used it? You shouldn’t be making assumptions”
- Since this is a Nazi society, I bet me mirroring your bullshit will be treated very differently by the crowd, from how they react to you bullshitting me to begin with
I don’t thibk your post is on topic for this community. But even if it would be, without knowing the original post no one can tell why the votes are like this, though honestly I doubt you are specifically targeted by bots (excwpt you have a realllly good reason to believe so).
As for you QR code idea, this should be relativly easy with tools like qrencode and ffmpeg
Same. Off-topic, some bots could downvote, and the overuse of flags/emojis in the name could trigger people. Anything is possible.
Ah my client doesn’t even show the emojis
One (of three) is a Palestinian flag, they said “overuse” as a Nazi dog whistle for not liking that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)
What about you, I assume you’re a Nazi too based on your initial reply?
You should probably seek help for these paranoid ramblings.
Blocked for gaslighting
It’s on topic (literally about the place I’m posting it in, and about programming) but you want it removed. What would happen if both of you said that instead of lying? Would it be unbearable for you to handle your feelings that way instead?
No need to downvote me, you’re wrong. You’re having a moderation issue on a programming community. That’s the most off-topic you can be.
you want it removed
I don’t care about you, I don’t even know you. Read again what I said: could be off-topic, emojis, etc.
- Look at the fucking number of bullet points of rebuttals for me to make here already, what you’re doing is called a “gish gallop” and anyone reading this should look that up
- There’s never need to downvote anyone, downvotes aren’t driven by need, you know that and you’re wasting time pretending otherwise
- I’m not wrong
- I didn’t ask if I was having a moderation issue
- I don’t care if some off topic thing I didn’t ask about is off topic, it doesn’t make my post off topic at all unless something is wrong with your client that makes it fail to render the rest of my post (in which case even the part you’re seeing is still half on-topic since it’s about the place I’m posting it in)
- I didn’t ask if you care about me or think you did, you know that and you’re wasting time pretending otherwise
- I didn’t ask if you know me or think you did, you know that and you’re wasting time pretending otherwise
- I have no reason to read what you said again
Have you considered that, perhaps, your prickly attitude and the tone of your posts is the source of the downvotes, rather than the content?
Possibilities:
A. The screenshot didn’t load for you and you’re getting way ahead of yourself making shit up presenting it as reality without loading the actual image
B. (obvious real one) The screenshot did load for you but you’re trying to gaslight me by pretending you thought it was really “prickly” or had some extreme “tone” - conflating my replies for hostile disingenuous time wasting dumbasses like you with my reply for someone who posted an irrelevant link under possibly good intentions
Mate, I could not care less about your screenshot. I’m referring to your posts in this thread, which extends to this very reply, where you’ve got a generally off-putting, condescending tone and frankly, I’m glad you’re getting downvoted for them, because that sort of behavior is just not something I’d like to see rewarded on the fediverse.
conflating my replies for hostile disingenuous time wasting dumbasses like you with my reply for someone who posted an irrelevant link under possibly good intentions
Do you get paid for this or are you just getting practice by trying to gaslight me?
Didn’t read past first few words either way
We can all click on your name and see your other comments, I suspect that’s what they’re referring to. There is a really strong correlation between the number of downvotes you received for past comments and whether or not they contain language like “fuck off retard” or similar.
I think they hit the nail on the head, and there is no point in botting downvotes on this platform in the first place, since there is no karma.
My client tells me I’ve downvoted you before as well, though I don’t remember where.
Buddy just needs to join an instance with downvotes disabled, but clearly they enjoy this persecution complex.
Read more carefully, I explained the context.
It’s weird how after complaining you couldn’t understand such a short post, you gaslight me about how “good” my reasons have to be for noticing obvious things.
Regarding the tools - currently using zint, ffmpeg, and zxing as I continue trying to do this. Was zbar instead of zxing at time of the original post.
Idea definitely should be easy for someone with more knowledge/expertise than me, and if anyone got the idea from my removed post, they can get it done faster than me and pretend it had nothing to do with me, thanks to my post being removed. But that’s totally aside from the point of whether people think it seems like bots or just regular human stupidity driving vote patterns like these.
I have no skin in the game, I only saw this post come up in my stream. I think the reason for the downvotea aren’t bots, but rather your abrasive comments. Quite frankly, you come across as a dick.
conflating my replies for abrasive people with me being abrasive
also:
conflating my replies for abrasive people with my reply for someone that posted an off-topic link under possibly good intentions
When I tell you you come across as a dick, I’m not lying like you are when you say it to me
Your worth is not determined by abstract internet points.
Sometimes people won’t get your message/point and downvote your contributions. The reason might be you not doing a good job at communicating (in my experience, it’s usually is that) or it might be them misunderstanding or you might not fit the community you are contributing to (eg. if your political view is not generally accepted in a community).
Don’t worry about one of your posts/comments occasionally getting downvoted.
If your contributions get downvoted consinsently (which seems to be the case from what you write? I don’t really are enough to go look at your account’s history), consider if continuing as you are is of any benefit to you and/or the community and if it’s still worth your time.
In case, try seeing if it’s a style/tone/manners/respect thing that you maybe want to improve on or if it’s just not worth it and it’s better to go somewhere else or stop entirely.
There is no law saying we must fit every community (I left communities and even an entire Lemmy instance for that).
Also, this discussion is entirely OT since it has nothing to do with programming, and I am reporting it as such. If it’s downvoted or ends up being taken down (I hope so), it’s not because of some conspiracy against you.
If this thread is anything to go on, people are down voting you because you come across as an insufferable asshole.
conflating my replies for abrasive people with me being abrasive
also:
conflating my replies for abrasive people with my reply for someone that posted an off-topic link under possibly good intentions
When I tell you you come across as an insufferable asshole, I’m not lying like you are when you say it to me
Btw, I notice how you’re incredibly obvious about your connection to the other user that just made a similar comment - that’s on purpose, surely, meant to be noticed right? Another layer of the gaslighting, being incredibly obvious about fucked up harassment behaviors but knowing you can deny them while Nazi herd mentality will also deny the obviousness
Based on THIS comment, it appears you are not mentally well. I hope you get help and find peace.
