Dear @Riot Downvote Bots

Meserion··1 votes·570 views

There are people on the forums who have dozens of alternate accounts that exist to downvote posts into oblivion, not because the posts are bad, or badly formatted. No these accounts exist to be trolls and to stifle intelligent ideas and free speech.

We the player, cannot do anything about this, we can only watch as the rating on our post plummets with no tangible feedback or reason that this is happening.

I propose Riot either flat out bans or instead nullifies the impact of accounts that rarely comment and consistently downvote every post that they view. I believe Riot has the tools to do this and it could be considered a tactical nuke against downvote bots and trolls. I believe a firm hand is required on the internet, when it comes to protecting people's rights; The nature of the internet allows people to be scumbags and not be held accountable.

If an account is proving to be perpetually negative on the Boards, no matter what, than letting them continue to spam their hatred and downvotes endlessly in effect stifle the opinions of others, and is a form of social oppression; as well as a denial of free speech. Please Riot, do something about this.

UPVOTE TO BEAT BACK THE TIDE OF INEVITABLE DOWNVOTE BOTS!

6 Comments

PDE5 Inhib5 votes

Actually good threads are typically upvoted. Stop trying to circlejerk upvotes. It's sad.

Illiad1 votes

Irony is he is gonna get more downvotes than upvotes because he brought the subject up. xD

PDE5 Inhib1 votes

it's not irony lol. I love watching all the "upvote me guyyyysss" threads get downvoted haha.

4th Chiming Lamb1 votes

Good threads get upvoted. Bad threads get downvoted. THis one seems to be upvote bait. SOmeone who consistently downvotes but never posts could just be someone who voices what they think, silently. I'm voicing what I think with words. Downvoting because your strategy to detect this is, with all due respect (which is none, by the way. You clearly made this to nab upvotes), horrible.

Icestar11861 votes

I have seen no evidence of downvote bots. Also, if all threads are downvoted equally, there is no net impact. A downvote bot would therefore not affect what threads were most visible.

Mecha MaIphite1 votes

Most good threads that for whatever reason get downvoted are usually upvoted backup. You sometimes see people in a thread saying "Why was this downvoted" when it has like 20 upvotes or something. So there is evidence that threads are upvoted back up after being downvoted.

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