If you maintain an account on an instance that does not hide the identities behind votes, like Kbin, it’s a simple thing to know. I don’t usually look, but occasionally I’m curious.
EDITED TO ADD: I just looked at Kbin, they do not appear to be showing downvotes anymore (every post and comment on my page has a downvote total of zero) so scratch that, lol
I’ve never asked. It’s happened twice to me on Lemmy: once it was readily apparent because they tangled with me and I guess I really pissed them off, and the other time it was someone I’d never openly interacted with at all. In neither instance was a question going to get more of an answer than I already had, IMO.
If you maintain an account on an instance that does not hide the identities behind votes,
like Kbin,it’s a simple thing to know. I don’t usually look, but occasionally I’m curious.EDITED TO ADD: I just looked at Kbin, they do not appear to be showing downvotes anymore (every post and comment on my page has a downvote total of zero) so scratch that, lol
But even if I knew who did it, I wouldn’t know why they did it, and it wouldn’t be worth asking them.
I’ve never asked. It’s happened twice to me on Lemmy: once it was readily apparent because they tangled with me and I guess I really pissed them off, and the other time it was someone I’d never openly interacted with at all. In neither instance was a question going to get more of an answer than I already had, IMO.