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[–] PeaceSeeker [S] ago  (edited ago)

Hmm, that idea has some promise I think. If a sitewide rule were introduced where you can't downvote a user more than 3 times a day (in conjunction with downvoting having to be done the day a comment is made / within 24 hours of a comment being made), without also upvoting them elsewhere, then that too would severely limit the effectiveness of any kind of brigading. It would require far more alts be used, which would in turn enable Voat to make account relation connections.

/u/PuttItOut, has this idea been considered? Is the issue that it would be considered too serious a limitation?

EDIT: Actually, there may be some similarities here with the solution to downvoting I presented a while back. Can't remember for sure, would have to check.

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[–] offender 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

24 hours is a bit too low, but even just disabling downvoats after 72 hours and nothing else would stop most of the mass-downvoating, while being easy to implement.

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[–] PeaceSeeker [S] ago 

Users could still view a comment history and downvote every three days and pick up all comments made, achieving the same effect.

Voting from histories should be tracked and forbidden. Perhaps exceptions could be made for spambots.