Was recently banned from a whole bunch of DB0 communities for, as best as I can gather, downvoting once when I viewed by All.

Important notes:

  1. I don’t use scripts.
  2. I don’t mass-downvote Communities. If I see a post I generally don’t like when browsing All, I may downvote one post, block the Community and move on.
  3. Some of the communities I was banned from don’t have any posts in them so I wouldn’t have been able to downvote anything.
  4. Of all of these Communities, in my history I downvoted one post in one of them. Voting in this manner is not vote manipulation. It’s quite literally a feature of the platform and as a mod of another Community, I would consider it pretty good etiquette.
  5. One of my bans reads “Appeal Granted, not a brigading member” but I’m still banned.
  6. I don’t troll.

WTF is going on here?

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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    17 days ago

    I do not find upvotes and down votes to be very guaranteed to match facts and using it as a checking tool would require a very different user ase that would likely not be human. But I understand you said to an extent. I just… Give it less slack. But hard down voted, sure, needs way more reservations.

    I am just saying the point of these forums is more the conversation and less the voting and it’s really not very useful as a tool, while not being useless.

    Imagine a substack post, as these forums were based on, where someone asks for support with a batch script and someone suggests using a sticky note taped to the monitor. It gets downvoted but no one offers any countering support.
    No one would use the site for support anymore. It’s clearly not with helpful information, and the person looking at it would not know but just see what looks like an unkind user base.

    • ipitco@lemmybefree.net
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      17 days ago

      I am just saying the point of these forums is more the conversation and less the voting and it’s really not very useful as a tool, while not being useless.

      I compare lemmy to reddit, where voting is important, so I kinda like it, but still feel free to express what I want to say because votes don’t have a risk of me locking or shadowbanning my account

      Imagine a substack post, as these forums were based on, where someone asks for support with a batch script and someone suggests using a sticky note taped to the monitor. It gets downvoted but no one offers any countering support. No one would use the site for support anymore. It’s clearly not with helpful information, and the person looking at it would not know but just see what looks like an unkind user base.

      Lemmy isn’t really meant for support, but anyways, there will always be someone to help or reply, trust me, people (including me) can’t stop giving their opinions or showing off

      If you don’t want to focus too much on the subject, voting is an easy way to generate interaction, show that the subject is alive and stuff

      I probably wouldn’t often go to Lemmy if it didn’t have votes to be honest. I like leaving my mark, and voting feels like i’m contributing to the ecosystem a bit

      • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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        17 days ago

        Interesting. I particularly think your last point might be really key to the use of voting.

        It feels like a way to participate.
        I guess it takes all types to make a community and that includes those that don’t want to participate at full effort all the time.

        • ipitco@lemmybefree.net
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          17 days ago

          I guess it takes all types to make a community and that includes those that don’t want to participate at full effort all the time.

          It’s also a way to make the silent majority participate, yea! Most people just browse the web without posting or creating stuff 90% of the time

          • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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            17 days ago

            Oh shoot forgot to say.

            Thanks for the conversation. I feel more, I want to say expanded, in my view on voting and it’s usefulness for those that remain more silent than myself.

            • ipitco@lemmybefree.net
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              17 days ago

              Thanks ❤️

              also thanks for being patient

              Your message looks like sarcasm but it also look genuine so i’m not too sure how to interpret it

              • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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                16 days ago

                Oh I am not really one for sarcasm unless for comedic purpose. Hyperbole, sure.
                But, I wear my emotions on my sleeves and when I thank someone or tell them off I mean it entirely. I’m here for the conversation and I appreciate you having it with me.