and then you'll get banned for BS reason like * Vote manipulation* or Sock puppet account just because you hurt some mod feelings by down voting without commenting

I like it. Make a community and a script to post what happened to that new community when actions take place.

We sorta have those. Though admins are the only ones allowed to vote and it is binary remove vs. retain the mod 😜.

On a more serious note, this sounds like something vulnerable to vote manipulation. Then again, so too is democracy I suppose, so that's not a firm reason not to?

I think you're misunderstanding the mentality of the kind of sick twisted person who is willing to do the work of moderating a fediverse instance.

They're not in it because they care about being popular.

i think !yptb community fit that idea.

Honnestly, no. Rimu sumed up.

I prefer staying always from people. We have already a difficult job to do that exposes us to public and can quickly evolve to harrassement with death threat if we don't thread it with care. It's exausting. Whatever we were right or not.

So you can comment or vote in your space. We have our too.

And, lastly, i forgot. being popular ? I don't do it for popularity, i do it for creating a safe space for everyone.

I don’t really care if their actions are popular - just be consistent and transparent.