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Maybe I’m oversensitive? We all know our votes here are public record, but to me it seems like weird, obsessive, and unhealthy behavior.

It definitely is a red flag for me to the point where I wonder if I shouldn’t just outright block people who go around making it known it’s something the participate in.

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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 30 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah. I did it though. Wish I hadn't but shitty pattern seeking brain was like "but what if something interesting happens? What if you have an arch enemy"

No such luck, but it turns out there's a few accounts who just downvote everything indiscriminately and that's a little funny

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I was curious who the single down vote on every cat post was so I checked. It was a bunch of different people. I’m still confused.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 3 points 1 hour ago

When enough people see something someone is likely to either dislike it or fat finger the down vote button accidentally. Nothing to overthink.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 hours ago

No arch enemies either? Want to be mine? We can downvote and reply-guy eachother until everyone's uncomfortable

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

The doing it doesn’t bother me so much as the “Hey so I was browsing through my downvotes and noticed you downvoted me. Justify your actions to me!” PMs.

Like - I don’t even know who you are or what you’re talking about. Thanks for the research project so I can piece together all these disparate pieces of information so I can figure out wtf you’re even talking about.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 5 points 2 hours ago

“Hey so I was browsing through my downvotes and noticed you downvoted me. Justify your actions to me!” PMs.

Yeah that's a instant block lol

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 13 points 7 hours ago

The doing it doesn’t bother me so much as the “Hey so I was browsing through my downvotes and noticed you downvoted me. Justify your actions to me!” PMs.

That is not healthy behavior.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Oh. Yeah that's fuggin weird. Did somebody do that to you? How fragile.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. Not sure I’m proud of the response but I hadn’t given my self much time to think before responding…

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 hours ago

I'm not judging. Weird conversation to be forced to have, hope they grow out of it