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Do you think these downvotes are bots, or just Nazis? (media.piefed.social)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by iloveDigit@piefed.social to c/programming@programming.dev

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Edit - so far, people aren't really answering my question, but they seem to be trying to suggest the downvotes made sense, while offering no better explanation for how than maybe everyone suddenly got triggered by the flags in my username. Fuck you if you support Israelis btw

Edit 2 - improved precision of language by changing "bot brained people" to "Nazis" after someone tried to make this about the flags in my username

It's very obvious I'm targeted with botted downvotes on reddit and piefed, but of course a lot of people are also just Nazi morons.

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.

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

"Do you think I'm being downvoted by bots or Nazis? It couldn't possibly be because I'm annoying as fuck!"

[–] Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Same. Off-topic, some bots could downvote, and the overuse of flags/emojis in the name could trigger people. Anything is possible.

Edit: OP is very impolite in this thread, which could have been another reason for the moderation issue in the deleted post.

[–] Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah my client doesn't even show the emojis

[+] iloveDigit@piefed.social -11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

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?

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Have you considered that, perhaps, your prickly attitude and the tone of your posts is the source of the downvotes, rather than the content?

[+] iloveDigit@piefed.social -11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

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

[–] setsubyou@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago

Buddy just needs to join an instance with downvotes disabled, but clearly they enjoy this persecution complex.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[+] iloveDigit@piefed.social -11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] mj_marathon@programming.dev 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If this thread is anything to go on, people are down voting you because you come across as an insufferable asshole.

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social -4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] mj_marathon@programming.dev 7 points 6 days ago

Based on THIS comment, it appears you are not mentally well. I hope you get help and find peace.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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. 🙄

[+] iloveDigit@piefed.social -7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I was waiting for someone to just lie and pretend the github link 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. Real world use cases are literally not even mentioned by the dev. But knock yourself out trying to showcase functionality that doesn't exist

Inb4 you reply with either no showcase at all, or a showcase of what is definitely not real world conditions and only a proof of concept (while you continue lying about it)

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 6 days ago

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.

[–] talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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.

[–] tabris@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Has anyone agreed with your premise yet, or are they all still secretly conspiring to make you look like a paranoid weirdo?

[–] UlrikHD@programming.dev 0 points 6 days ago

This is the wrong community for these kind of posts, if you have issues you want to discuss regarding this instance, please use !meta@programming.dev. As for your complaint about DMs from our admin team, I would recommend you to send any complaints about admin behaviour as explained on our legal site

On a different note, you have been given multiple warnings for your use of slurs, which have no place on an instance about programming. You will be given a second (and final) temporary ban of 14 days, any repeated offences will result in a permanent ban on our instance.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is there a gangstalking community on the fediverse yet?

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If so, is it run by gangstalkers like the one on reddit?

Kinda strange topic to try to make online discussion hubs for, except on nostr