The mod banning these users is the same mod who made the posts they downvoted. This is mod abuse, turning the downvote button into an auto-self-ban button.
The message is “If you disagree with me, you will be banned”
Monitoring and banning users for using lemmy as intended to signal boost your opinion should be grounds to have all mod privileges removed. This behaviour undermines the integrity of the server and the wider fediverse.
You can add extremely defensive to that list I made a few comments ago.
I think it’s quite reasonable to object to being personally attacked based on different opinions on public voting and community policies surrounding it.
It would be, if that was what was happening. This, however, is you throwing a hissy fit because you don’t like my “opinions on public voting and community policies surrounding it”.
This is not the kind of behaviour I would expect from anyone entrusted with the power to exclude people from the conversation.
Please pass your moderation privileges along to someone more appropriate for the role. Thanks.
How am I throwing a fit?
And it what happened with me, and my community. I only banned serial downvoters who had never participated in it, or in many cases - had a single post on the Fediverse.
They were quiet background downvoters.
My communities are fine with no problems.
Additionally, I don’t answer to you.
You can literally view the public modlog of the communities I moderate, if you want to scrutinise my behaviour.
I have - why do you think I’ve been advising you to step down?
What particular actions do you disagree with?
You are bad at moderating. And apparently you get bored and lock threads when you have to do your self appointed job.
You enjoy the power, but you balk at doing the work.