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Is it a PTB move to ban a user if their only activity in a community is downvoting posts? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is it a PTB move ([email protected]) to ban a user if their only activity in a community is downvoting posts?

The behaviour baffles me a bit. If they dislike the majority of the posts in a community, why are they subscribed? Or if they are browsing by /all, why have they not blocked the community? Are they under the mistaken impression that Lemmy has an algorithm which uses downvotes as an indicator for "show me less of this"?

Has anyone else encountered a "serial downvoter" in any of their communities?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

~~It’s not possible to see unless you’re an admin or use some ActivityPub service that federates with Lemmy but doesn’t hide this information from the end user.~~

That is to say, I would if I could, if there was a malicious pattern. I didn’t understand the outrage that Reddit wanted to do that too (although their ruleset and ways of enforcement are not my cup of tea).

In the meantime, lead by example and refrain from downvoting unless for rule breaking content or offtopic so that toxicity doesn’t increase.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As of Lemmy 0.19.11 moderators can now see votes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m on an instance with 0.19.11 but can’t see it anywhere. Are there any instructions on this?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On a community you mod, three dots menu on a comment "view votes". I tried yesterday, it works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks, I am embarrassed to have missed it lol. I thought I was bluffing when I said I would ban people over this. [edit] Now I get it - Sopuli was updated today.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

You can see it by clicking on the 3 dot menu on the post: