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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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Right, but this comes down to that same discussion I alluded to but largely wanted to avoid (due to irrelevance) about whether the downvote is for disliking content, or whether it should only ever be for off-topic and spam. You're just never going to get a situation where people stop using it for content they dislike.