Could down-vote bots serve a value of undermining the up-vote bots which run rampant? A balancing effect to counteract the fake upvotes is not necessarily a bad thing. If however it is a directed attack, one coordinated for a particular purpose of harming a specific target, then I would agree. I have not seen that as yet, but with such automated tools it could be possible.
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if it is done without any impunity, then it doesn't benefit anyone. Both bots are negatively affecting community. They should not be looked at relative to each other, but as individual problems to be assessed. But this is an excellent question!
I wonder if the Dev's orchestrated the latter to interdict the former as a temporary workaround?