When the new ratings system came, I loved it, because it reduced ratings wars. People weren't downrating each other so much, and people were discussing things more, so I thought.
Also, with the new ratings system, only TU's can downrate, at all. I thought this was an improvement. In the past, any user could give your comment a 1 and start a rating war.
But apparently, it is not difficult for a troll to get TU and stir up ratings wars.
In this example, a self-admitted troll, who claims he was previously known as the troll Eternal Dope posts a diary
here.
In response to his first comment (which is probably hidden, but maybe not) the user justalittlebitcrazy says
I'll give you mojo.. (6+ / 9-)
....I think every community needs a shit-stirrer once a while. Keeps things interesting and wakes people up from complacency.
by justalittlebitcrazy on Tue May 23, 2006 at 01:50:48 PM PST
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Now, the next thing that justalittlebitcrazy did was to troll rate a comment below him that told the diarist to "fuck off".
Remember, the diarist is a troll.
Furthermore, justalittlebitcrazy's uid is #74998. The user he started the rating war with is user 'nota bene' is #1489 (http://www.dailykos.com/...). How unlikely a user id #1489 would be a troll. How absurd to troll rate someone who tells a troll to "fuck off".
Only, a troll would do that, and 6 people recommended justalittlebitcrazy's comment. You recommenders are not helping, but it's a stacked deck.
That comment is a troll comment, it should be in the hidden and 9 people voted that way, only 6 people voted to keep it visible.
Why should recommends be worth 3 times as much?