Re: Huh?? (Off Topic)
"Has someone gone through and systematically down-voted every comment?"
Yes Indeed!
I have been seeing more and more of this on the El Reg forums.
But it isn.t the Phantom Downvoter that has me concerned, at least with him/her/other you at least know where they stand.
It's the Phantom Upvoter that worries me and keeps me up at nights in a cold sweat.
#1 The Phantom Upvotes are MUCH harder to detect.
#2 You don't really know if the upvote is to coerce you into posting more comments in an attempt to ID you if Anon.
#3 Users that receive a lot of Upvotes could be used to determine "ringleaders" amongst commentards to be added to a covert watch list.
#4 The Upvotes could be a "False Flag" operation to distract from other comments
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OnpkDWbeJs
Biting the hand that feeds IT
