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[–] Buttflapper@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hate how people are downvoting this guy just for asking a question, like what is this, reddit?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't worry about it. There's a very sad person who tries to downvote all of my posts on a regular basis.

I call that the validation downvote. Just means the federation is still working.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I think they're downvoting the Squid, not the content of the post. I imagine a poster like Flying Squid has made some enemies along the way, the kind of people who literally go and downvote all their posts.

I'll take what I said on Reddit and bring it here: Don't comment on downvotes, they don't matter.