What is meta? ×  Recently, I posted an answer to a question on
SO, about 5 seconds after another user posted a very similar
answer. For some reason, that post was downvoted, but mine
wasn't; they were almost the exact same answer.  Anyway, they
posted a comment more or less along the lines of "How come my
post was downvoted when the other post wasn't", and adding on a
bit more to insinuate that I had tactically downvoted it. While
that is a fair conclusion to come to, I'm not sure if it's OK to
post a comment with that. I won't name the person(that would go
against the point of this post), but in general, what should I
do in this scenario, as it may trigger serial downvoting or
other repercussions against me.  I see a few possible courses of
action    1. Upvote and post a comment saying I didn't do it
2. Post a comment saying I didn't do it   3. Flag the post as
offensive or possibly not constructive, depending on how
offensive it is   4. Upvote without saying anything   5. Do
nothing  I took option 1, sinc