I sent the MOD this message:

Hi XXXXXXXX, I just noticed that you banned me 2 hours ago from c/Science for Spam. I am confused. I mostly lurk and haven’t commented or posted anything in several months. I definitely don’t post ads or spam. Can you please let me know what happened?

The only reason that I noticed that I am banned is that I watched that (long-ish) video about Brainrot on the feed and the top comment is asking for a tldw.

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[–] 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (20 children)

Don't act like they just ban anyone who downvotes anything. You've been banned three times for vote spam, and you're literally notorious for downvoting


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Sources:

https://lemmy.zip/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=22809396
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https://lemvotes.org/user/frongt@lemmy.zip
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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Lemvotes isn't definitive. But damn that's lopsided for sure.

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    Even so, what does it matter? Where is the indication that a user with a high downvote ratio is doing anything harmful, let alone worthy of a permaban?

    Edit: Can someone please ban the people downvoting me? I can't deal with this.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    There's nothing indicating that specifically. But if you're downvoting THAT much more, it's notable. There are people I see that I regularly downvote for solid reasons. Hypocrisy, whataboutism etc. But vote totals don't get that lopsided without some effort. All that means ultimately it's the ratio is lopsided.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    So let's ban those who doesn't downvote enough? /s

    It's a stupid argument IMO, and as with all statistics you can show what you want with it. That doesn't mean the person didn't downvote abusively of course, just that you can't tell from global statistics.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago*

    I agree with this. Far as I'm concerned, even if somebody only engages with posts they hate so all of their interactions are downvotes, why the fuck should they be banned? What does forcing faux positivity gain us? Yes I understand the value in stopping vote manipulation bots, but imo there should need to be more evidence of bot status or nefarious intent than just "downvotes a lot."

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (10 children)

    Notorious amongst whom? I don't spam votes, I evaluate each item on its merits as I see them.

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Total post upvotes: 19

    Looks like lemmy has absolutely nothing of merit for you, why are you even here?

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    People aren't under the obligation to upvote posts they like. Personally I don't upvote or downvote a lot of posts either.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Not upvoting is 1 thing. Having a 500:1 downvote:upvote ratio is quite another.

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Notorious amongst whom?

    There's a post about you on the mildly infuriating comm rn

    I don't spam votes, I evaluate each item on its merits as I see them.

    Your apparent 3rd strike for vote spamming suggests otherwise

    Please consider curating your feed rather than downvoting content you don't like

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    My feed is perfectly well curated. But I also downvote (and report) a lot of spam, like actual chatgpt-generated ad spam.

    (I also downvote "deleted by creator" comments, but that's just to push them down in the comment trees, because they're just noise. They changed the behavior a while back to leave that instead of actually deleting it when it had no replies, and I wish they'd revert that change.)

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    "Vote spamming" is actually the stupidest thing I've ever heard on this platform. Oh no, don't engage in the primary way the platform allows! How horrible!

    And you people wonder why lemmy hasn't and will never actually take off?

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