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

submitted 5 days 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 15 points 5 days ago

I’m a serial voter (up and down), I have an opinion about practically everything. If anyone as a result gets a lot of down votes, they should perhaps create more content that I like? Just a suggestion.

[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That’s not bad per se but is your vote based on whether you agree with something or whether it contributes something of value to the community?

Many people use downvote as a „dislike” button which defeats the purpose of news-based communities where it’s the newsworthiness that matters. Of course I don’t like that Russia bombed children but I will upvote it so more people see it, for example.