Recently several community members are privately called out for ranking manipulation and are subsequently sanctioned by OutSystems, the constructive response would be to reflect on their behavior and improve their contributions to the community.
Instead, some choose a different path: creating new, (fake) accounts and deliberately targeting moderators with downvotes. That is not protest, it is abuse of the system. Well done!
You are free to downvote my kudos, it makes no difference to me. But rest assure, these actions leave traces, and moderators together with the OutSystems community team will collect the evidence. Continued manipulation will result in stronger sanctions from OutSystems, not less.
If you care about this community, contribute openly, play by the rules, and respect the people who volunteer their time to keep it fair. Read the code of conduct, follow it, and help make this a space where knowledge sharing actually thrives.
That's a really petty and bad way to downvote a moderator. I still don't understand what people actually gain by doing that.
Thanks for posting this, I've noticed the same kind of behavior in some of the forums.
I agree. I’ve also noticed cases where fake accounts appear to be created to post questions and then mark responses as solutions, which undermines the credibility and trust of the community.
Thanks for posting this. It’s a good reminder for all of us to keep the community fair and meaningful.
Terrible! The community is to support and grow together, we get nothing from downvote or high ranking.
I think we should add function to
Finally, I will share this with my friends to follow
Internally it is registered who votes, so in the end ranking manipulations, is always traceable. For good reasons on the community pages it is decided to not show who votes.
This is a great decision and will help maintain fairness and trust within the community.
Remember that time isn't infinite.
Most questions are easy and anyone can help with. But if a moderator is investigating your activity for 10 minutes, they will not have those 10 minutes to answer some hard question everyone else is unable to help with. And the question will go down the forum and only be picked days later.
One person's gain is always someone else's loss.