damn_registrars's Journal: I'm sure these are a coincidence and nothing more...

Because of course, nobody would ever follow someone around with mod points to try to trash their karma or anything:

Comment the first , posted to For Smitty, from where we left off , has been moderated Overrated (-1).

It is currently scored Normal (0).

Poorly worded title , posted to Apple: 75% of Our World Wide Power Needs Now Come From Renewable Power Sources , has been moderated Flamebait (-1).

It is currently scored Insightful (1).

How many people are buying this needlessly? , posted to Adobe To Australians: Fly To US For Cheaper Software , has been moderated Overrated (-1).

It is currently scored Interesting (1).

Re:I had never considered that the .... , posted to Wrong Fuel Chokes Presidential Limo , has been moderated Troll (-1).

It is currently scored Normal (0).

Certainly, their point of my comment in a discussion in my own journal entry being overrated must be accurate. And the fact that all four of these happened in a very short time is nothing but a coincidence. Nothing to see here...

Whereas I scored an 'insightful' on your JE

[smittyoneeach]

Somebody loves ya, but I can assure you it ain't me.

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[damn_registrars]

I noticed that as well, which was amusing.

That said, I see mod-bombing as way below you. I wouldn't have suspected you even if you hadn't already written in that JE.

Regardless, it was a futile gesture by whoever did it. I've had people unload 10 downmods on me in a single shot and that didn't move my karma either.

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[Arker]

I seem to get hit like this every month or two myself. It's never yet caused any change I could see in my karma. I think any regular poster with strong points of view (on whichever side of whatever issue) probably gets hit with it at some point.

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[damn_registrars]

I seem to get hit like this every month or two myself.

It has actually been a while since this has happened to me, it use to be more frequent. That said, I don't write on here quite as often as I did years ago...

It's never yet caused any change I could see in my karma

I generally make a point of pointing out the futility of the action.

I think any regular poster with strong points of view (on whichever side of whatever issue) probably gets hit with it at some point.

At this point I will reiterate my standard point of the fact that when slashdot had a working metamoderation system, there was a mechanism for preventing this from happening in the future. They permanently broke that system a few years ago and now we're back to this.

Look on the bright side

[mcgrew]

They wasted their points on you, meaning they couldn't harm someone vulnerable.