“Mass voting” on many instances of a user’s content simply because it belongs to that user
Using multiple accounts to vote on the same post or comment
We will almost certainly ban users if we discover that they’ve done one of these things.
Relatedly, I was warned a few days ago that the moderation system notified the EA Forum team that I had voted on another user’s comments with concerningly high frequency. I wonder whether this may be a false positive for 2 reasons:
I have gone through lots of comments of certain users to understand their thinking, but I upvoted/downvoted them based on each comment alone.
I have gone back and forth upvoting/downvoting the comments in this thread, but they were like 2 or 3 comments, and one being undecided about whether to upvote/downvote a comment/post is not problematic per se.
I also recall warnings like mine having been given in public comments in the past. I assume you have meanwhile moved to private warnings, but I liked your past procedure:
It incentivised good voting practices, as everyone would get to know about people who were breaking them.
It allowed for public discussion about whether the warning was warranted (as I am doing here).
Hello again Lizka,
Relatedly, I was warned a few days ago that the moderation system notified the EA Forum team that I had voted on another user’s comments with concerningly high frequency. I wonder whether this may be a false positive for 2 reasons:
I have gone through lots of comments of certain users to understand their thinking, but I upvoted/downvoted them based on each comment alone.
I have gone back and forth upvoting/downvoting the comments in this thread, but they were like 2 or 3 comments, and one being undecided about whether to upvote/downvote a comment/post is not problematic per se.
I also recall warnings like mine having been given in public comments in the past. I assume you have meanwhile moved to private warnings, but I liked your past procedure:
It incentivised good voting practices, as everyone would get to know about people who were breaking them.
It allowed for public discussion about whether the warning was warranted (as I am doing here).