this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
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Is it a PTB move ([email protected]) 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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How do you see who is up and down dooting posts?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's public information available for instance admins and any sufficiently motivated person who knows a bit about the ActivityPub protocol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mods can now see votes directly from the Lemmy Web UI, from version 19.11

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Wait, really let me check

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Makes sense lol cheers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You don't seem to be a mod 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Solid observation hahaha all my communities were created from my account where the instance shut down so I lost them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Sorry to hear!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait, can mods see who voted on posts? I thought only admins could!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I think the functionality was added in the most recent update.