Comment on User "threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works" is banning users for downvoting his posts.
Skavau@piefed.social 2 weeks agoNot speaking to the particular community in the OP, but this can be valid in non-political contexts. If I made a metal music community, and an account came in every day to downvote every post because they don't like metal - would I be justified in banning them for that?
Would it be fair minded to downvote like that?
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sure but that’s not what’s happening. The criticism isn’t for banning sock puppets or banning accounts for brigading, it’s for banning accounts that downvote “on-topic posts”, evidently even a single time. What you’re describing and what the mod in question is doing are distinct behaviors, as is what you’re describing and the concepts laid down in Jet’s “guidelines”.
Skavau@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I'm not referring to the specific community here. Community moderators can justifiably and unjustifiably ban accounts for their voting behaviour. I was just asking if you think its ever appropriate to ban someone for their voting behaviour.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think I’ve already answered that in the previous comment. I’m not really interested in debating the ethics of downvoting or moderation in general in the middle of a discussion about a case of specific, contextual behavior.
Skavau@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Fair enough. It gets dodgy to me when the community is politically controversial (as the one in the OP is) rather than hobbyist. I certainly hold different standards there.