Context: PugJesus often spams low quality posts across the dozen or so communities they mod, apparently downvoting low effort spam on my frontpage is trolling. The only other action in the modlog is a different ban for 74 years for “Mass downvoting innocuous content,” so it definitely seems they are just banning people that dislike their spam. Glad we’re not missing out on the reddit mod experience here.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    134·
    2 days ago

    There is an option in your settings so you don’t see upvotes or downvotes.

    None of these imaginary points matter. I couldn’t imagine spending my time wringing my hands over how others vote. Or wasting my life looking up every comment and post, agonizing over who voted and how.

    But its your life though, go nuts nutzos. Consider defederating if your skin is this paper thin.

    (Lemmy is rad)

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      Sad almost exactly y this a few weeks ago. I post pictures of my cat and that’s about it. I really don’t understand people taking these numbers seriously.

    • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
      171·
      2 days ago

      I am not speaking for the user who OP referred to here, but it’s not about visibility but about the impact of downvotes in terms of trying to grow and maintain a community.

      If someone who doesn’t like metal music enters [email protected] and downvotes every post there - and commits themselves to doing it to every new post, this hurts their visibility across the Fediverse. Would you not say its reasonable, in this specific hypothetical, for the community owner to ban a user who does that?

      • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
        112·
        2 days ago

        Yep, it’s not about being offended by downvotes. It’s about stopping users from drowning all the content in a community because it didn’t spark joy for them.

        If we couldn’t ban for that, it would give folks free license to brigade. The women and trans communities would be sunk. There would stupid pissing contests between the Fuck AI and Pro AI people, and I hate them both. It’s good they can just cut the fuse by banning each other so they can stay cozy in their homes. Everyone should get to be cozy and happy in their houses, where angry letters are to be expected, but hurling rocks at the windows is discouraged.

      • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        102·
        2 days ago

        If someone who doesn’t like metal music enters [email protected] and downvotes every post there

        See, that’s not what is happening, I’m not against the concept of the community, I think they are poor quality submissions for that community.

        • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
          92·
          2 days ago

          I’m not speaking for whatever you did. Just generally, there can be legitimate reasons for community owners to ban specific downvoters.