Comment on Mod of a similar comm to one I started deleted my advertising post, now downvotes half the stuff I post in my comm

Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I… could…

  I confess it obviously came to mind. I guess I haven’t done it yet because part of me feels like I’m stooping to their level and escalating the pettiness? Which is dumb, since I do ban others for the same reason. Bah, logic, who needs it.

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  • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just ban them for vote manipulation and be done. I don’t think it’s petty, Lemmy doesn’t give you many tools to solve this so just use the one you have.

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Naw. If someone goes out of their way to downvote everything you post, that’s no longer crowd-sourced user curation.

    It’s a deliberate action taken to suppress certain content, rather than filter out the good from the bad.

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• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Downvoting is harmless disagreement and I won’t interact with any place than bans them because it’s a sure sign of an authoritarian echo chamber.

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  • Rogue@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s not harmless. They’re maliciously using downvotes and as a consequence lemmy’s algorithm will rank OPs content lower.

    This isn’t a case of downvoting individual statements you disagree with, it’s harassment.

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    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Downvoting is not harassment.

      Don’t be so sensitive.

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