Evidence is (i) downvoting is on certain users/topics, rather than certain arguments/rhetoric, (ii) lots of downvotes relative to a small amount of negative comments, (iii) strange timing, e.g. I quickly got two downvotes on the OP before anyone had time to read it (<2 minutes).
I think it happens to me some, but I think it happens a lot to animal-focused content generally.
Edit: jtbc, I mean “systematically downvoting content that contributes to the discussion because you disagree with it, you don’t like the author, or other ‘improper’ reasons.” Maybe “brigades” was the wrong word if that suggests coordination, which i’m updating towards after searching online for more uses of the term. Though there might be coordination, not really sure.
Have you experienced downvoting brigades? How do you distinguish them from sincere negative feedback?
Evidence is (i) downvoting is on certain users/topics, rather than certain arguments/rhetoric, (ii) lots of downvotes relative to a small amount of negative comments, (iii) strange timing, e.g. I quickly got two downvotes on the OP before anyone had time to read it (<2 minutes).
I think it happens to me some, but I think it happens a lot to animal-focused content generally.
Edit: jtbc, I mean “systematically downvoting content that contributes to the discussion because you disagree with it, you don’t like the author, or other ‘improper’ reasons.” Maybe “brigades” was the wrong word if that suggests coordination, which i’m updating towards after searching online for more uses of the term. Though there might be coordination, not really sure.