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There's a guy that got banned from SO after it was discovered that he had multiple accounts and used them to down-vote people he didn't like. This happened in the comment-section of one of my answers (should be easy to find for any moderator.)

Since that incident someone serial-upvotes a handful of my answers every week or so. I think it is that same guy -- as a matter of fact I'm almost certain it is him.

The serial voting gets reversed every time but as it is recurring I'm afraid that it will have consequences on my account. What should I do? Is there something I can do when I notice that I have been serial-upvoted?

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    Side note: What if you're within some type of corporate environment operating under one IP with, say, over 100 developers. 50 of them happen to stumble across one of my answers/questions; find it useful; then upvotes? – Shaz Oct 23 '14 at 14:34
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    @Shaz YOu should pose that as a meta question. – George Stocker Oct 23 '14 at 16:01
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    @Shaz as far as I know sock-puppetry isn't punished by anything other than the removal of the votes so you don't risk a ban but I'm sure all the votes will be reversed. – user2629998 Oct 23 '14 at 16:08
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    you seem to be out rightly honest...! – Amit Joki Oct 24 '14 at 16:43

The system has reversed those votes. Letting us know via a flag allows us to intervene if it keeps happening. We may not tell you what we'll do, but it's good to let us know in instances where it keeps happening and the individual shows no signs of stopping.

This issue has been taken care of. If it happens in the future, please flag one of your own posts that received one of these votes and let us know:

User X is upvoting|downvoting my account repeatedly. These votes are being reversed by the system, but this user keeps doing it.

The subject is discussed at length on the main meta site, see What is serial voting and how does it affect me?

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    It should be added that nothing bad is going to happen to your account just because someone is serially upvoting your posts. The system may roll back those votes, but it doesn't leave a black mark against you or hurt you in any way. It requires human intervention to warn or suspend someone for voting fraud, and we need to see more evidence than just votes going from one person to another. Someone's not going to trick us into suspending you just because they voted for you. – Brad Larson Oct 21 '14 at 22:33
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    Does the rep cap reached (and reversed) by serial upvoting count to earning Earned 200 daily reputation for... badges ? – TLama Oct 23 '14 at 11:26
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    @TLama You raise a good question: is the serial upvoter doing it 'to be nice', or are they really intending to max-out the daily reputation limit for the OP to give them a bad time? The second option seems more likely. – AStopher Oct 23 '14 at 15:55
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    @TLama You should pose that as a meta question. – George Stocker Oct 23 '14 at 16:02
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    @TLama Apparently the SE staff was wise enough to avoid that particular conundrum. I think the section titled "Reversals trigger a reputation recalculation" in this answer should give you the details you're looking for. – Michael Richardson Oct 23 '14 at 16:14
  • @TLama you'll get your points back and may even get badge if it is the last day of hitting max rep... Even covered on English language & usage SE as part of "how to refer to reputation points not obtained due to the cap". – Alexei Levenkov Oct 23 '14 at 16:15
  • @GeorgeStocker he's managed to circumvent the reversing, I flagged one of my own posts as you said but no one seems to have seen that. – thwd Mar 3 '15 at 6:47
  • @GeorgeStocker I suspect I'm a "victim" of serial upvotes, but while nothing bad is going to happen to my account as you stated, should I notify a moderator anyway, or only if the user keeps doing so? – Alon Eitan Apr 13 '17 at 15:31

From Meta SE:

Should I be concerned about reversal statements on my profile?

No, not at all. It's only an indication of reputation change. After all, we can't control the actions of other users. It's very rare where we'd run across a user who was committing the voting fraud themselves on their own account, and in most instances of that, they will have already been dealt with accordingly. You should in no way be concerned with reversal statements in your reputation history.

If it gets really bad you could flag a moderator via one of the posts (especially if its the same one each time):


Basically, if it happens a few times, ignore it, a bunch of times, flag a moderator.


It won't have a negative impact on your account as long as you aren't involved. If you're worried about it, flag one of your posts with an other flag explaining what's happening and a moderator will take a look.


Posting here was a correct course of action, although I'd simply either flag one of my posts for moderator attention, explaining the situation, or contact Stack Exchange Staff directly.

Don't worry about it though. The serial votes get reversed, and you've brought this to attention.

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