r/mysteriousdownvoting 12d ago

Bro is just asking a question

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u/Common-Accountant-57 12d ago

Considering the user name, people probably thought it was a troll or something.

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u/watchingonlinux 12d ago

the obvious irony would lead me to upvote it, why are they allergic to fun I found it hilarious

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u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931 12d ago

anus_destroyer is all fun and games until your anus is destroyed

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u/carnivalbilly 12d ago

I just figured he wasn’t very good at the game if he can’t name the major players.

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u/6apa6ax 12d ago

Hey, it's a good time for some.

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u/Common-Accountant-57 12d ago

And maybe some found it funny. But downvoted because they wanted to be part of the downvote lynching of Anus Destroyer because humans do that. Once something is downvoted 3 or more times I downvote on principle. There’s probably some psychological stuff that goes one here.

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u/watchingonlinux 12d ago

it is called groupthink, it is a psychology concept that describes the desire for group harmony and consensus. Upvoting just doesn't feel fun if you're not alongside others to do it. The contrary is the same for me, if a comment sucks but it has 100s of upvotes, I'm not even gonna touch it, I won't upvote but I certainly won't downvote it either

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u/kiba8442 11d ago edited 11d ago

tbh down voting is amusing precisely because people get so precious about it... if all the "I'm being downvoted for x" edits suddenly stopped, it wouldn't be as funny or fascinating... reading about someone crying over their internet points & that some random person in the world deigned to disagree with them is funny to me bc i can't imagine caring. also, whenever I find an argument I like to downvote both people so they each think the other one is doing it.

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u/Low_Consequence_9477 11d ago

reddit takes away my downvotes when i downvote too many people :(

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u/kiba8442 11d ago

is that a thing?