Be honest, do you trawl a user profile to downvote/upvote when you see a comment you dislike/goes against your beliefs?

https://lemmy.world/post/2907222

Be honest, do you trawl a user profile to downvote/upvote when you see a comment you dislike/goes against your beliefs? - Lemmy.world

Saw this a lot on Reddit. Its not specific to here, just trying to gauge how people think. I’d see people posting about how “X said this! Have you seen what else they said in their site history?” And a stream of votebombing would happen. I also wonder if this behaviour went the other way. Bias was confirmed, so profiles get a little boost? There are sites that hide posts and comments after a certain number of downvotes, but these always seemed to get the engagement even after.

I don’t care enough about votes to even vote, much less stalk someone. I don’t even understand why people care about votes.
It helps me curb my desire to reply to. Someone when I know it won’t do anything and will only result in frustration, a way to satisfy my more argumentative/salty side without putting that out into the world. I only reply if I really have something to say as a result. I don’t go through their history though.