Comment on User "threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works" is banning users for downvoting his posts.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoYeah, that’s great for flagging spam or stuff that’s not relevant to the community it’s posted in. Downvoting content that’s good for a community just because you don’t like the community is like the godbotherers that yell at people about sin during pride celebrations. Don’t be like them.
Coupable@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Downvoting a toxic community is also a valid use of your downvote. Reddit has several examples (gamersriseup, the_donald, fatpeoplehate, among many more examples).
Think of it like concerned citizens yelling at the westboro baptist church for being hateful pieces of shit.
An analogy can really color an argument eh? I don’t usually engage in that kind of rhetoric, I find it undermines the conversation by overtly engaging with peoples emotions.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The community barely exists and certainly isn’t toxic. Mass downvoting is a great way to undermine the conversation though
Coupable@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Which community?
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The one pictured in the screenshots, !boringcompany@sh.itjust.works
rglullis@communick.news 1 week ago
No, it’s not. You can flag/report/block the author of any posts in the community if you want, but downvoting will not achieve anything of value except of a dopamine rush.
Coupable@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Disagree
rglullis@communick.news 1 week ago
How many people did you get to change their point of view and/or behavior after being downvoted into oblivion?