Saw this a lot on Reddit. Its not specific to here, just trying to gauge how people think. I’d see people posting about how “X said this! Have you seen what else they said in their site history?” And a stream of votebombing would happen.
I also wonder if this behaviour went the other way. Bias was confirmed, so profiles get a little boost? There are sites that hide posts and comments after a certain number of downvotes, but these always seemed to get the engagement even after.
Not to downvote them, that’s petty, but if they say something nuts, I do sometimes look at their history to see what other nuts things they’ve said.
I think we’ve all done that.
And i usually find that they’re actually pretty ok people with a few random kooky comments. We all have weird days and jokes or sarcasm that don’t land correctly.