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by altairprime 149 days ago
No, seriously, you should find out by emailing the mods. Footer contact link. They’re not going to be upset at you bringing tentative concerns about voting rings with shaky evidence, so long as you aren’t knocking down the door with overconfidence and denying how shaky the evidence is — which you clearly aren’t.

I’m not even remotely equipped to judge the veracity of your work, but they are, and that you care at all is, like, 0.000001%. Take the plunge and write them a note (or simply link them your comment thread here with a one sentence FYI email!). It’ll be fine :)

2 comments

I just sent an email. Thank you for the push!
I don't believe it is possible to prove fraud base on just votes count. But data of which user upvote which post could generate very strong evidence.
The onus isn’t on us to prove; it’s to report concerns for assessment by the team responsible.
more evidence provided -> more chance concerns won't be ignored