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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 1 week ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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Is it a PTB move (!yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com) 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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[–] jenni007@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, I was on Reddit until that time, so I was referring to both Reddit and lemmy.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Well, welcome here! As other people said in another comment, due to the size of the platform, downvotes can really hide content on smaller communities, so in general people try to not downvote too much