Going into a club just to go around showing everyone a thumbs down is being an ass tbh. I can’t say whether there’s a rule against it, but it’s not behaviour that’s helpful for anyone.
For stuff that shows up in your All feed, you can downvote the post to keep it out of others’ feeds. If such posts appear too much you can block and move on. The mods have just done the latter for you.
YDI. report dangerous content (which i agree this is) to admins for moderation or defederation.
but blanket downvote trolling is a real issue that any community mods should be allowed to address.
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As stupid as this is, it’s not up to you what is a “dangerous diet” and going to an entire community you disagree with just to downvote everything is petty and childish. Just block it instead.
YDI
Doctors have recommended against it. God the anti-vaxxers are bridgading Lemmy now.
We need to challenge dangerous misinformation on the internet and not let it spread uncontested.
the anti-vaxxers are bridgading Lemmy now.
where?
If you want to downvote a whole community fine. But it’s kind of absurd to then complain about getting banned lol.
God I’m can’t believe people are defending a carnivore community, despite the fact humans need to eat vegetables.
People were attacking the user beaver for banning downvoters on https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/22273342 yet here they’re defending jet 🤦♀️ when the carnivore diet will block your arteries.
You hear that @wesker@lemmy.sdf.org, you can’t complain if you get banned from a community for simply downvoting.
Believe it or not, I can both think the carnivore diet is dangerous and dumb (not to mention terrible for the environment) and also think your behaviour isn’t acceptable.
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you seem super fun, like the kind of person who likes to laugh at jokes
Dude, did you just make this post to preach?
Every response that isn’t what you wanted to hear, you’re pounding the pulpit, despite the responses focusing on the topic of this community, which is about whether or not mod actions are appropriate or “power tripping”.
What you did has nothing to do with your beliefs. You went around spamming down votes, and got the ban you deserve. It absolutely, 100% does not matter why you did it, you took an action that is widely known to be ban worthy.
So, stop whining about it and move on, you deserved it.
And, it doesn’t matter whether or not someone else did or didn’t get banned for something, it’s all about what you did.
The also recommend against vegan diets. Does that mean we should go to vegan communities and harass them?
The difference is there are numerous studies that support the plant-based diet.
What does “support” mean? Sure, you can have a a vegan diet if you pay attention to nutrients intake and supplement accordingly. But you can have almost any diet of you do that.
YDI, if you believe a community or instance doesn’t have a legitimate right to exist because it’s dangerous you need to report the dangerous content instead of simply downvoting them to suppress them. Also mass downvoting whole communities or users does count as an act of vote manipulation or abuse.
So to recap, you’ve not avoided reporting content you believe to be dangerous, but also have engaged in abusive voting behaviors. Voting patterns that many instances (not just communities) would indeed ban someone for.
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blanket down voting every post and comment in a community
If true, this explains it all right there, regardless of the underlying issues (I mean regardless of ethics of right and wrong etc.). You could just leave the community if you don’t like the content, perhaps making your own, or make a respectful post outlining your reasoning to try to convince people, etc. But acting like a toxic asshole doesn’t seem like it’s helpful to anyone?
Again, if true.
Yeah nah you’re in the wrong here. Report to admins, block the community and move on.
I mean I get it’s annoying. I also think “carnivore diet” is just a dumb grift like “raw milk” or whatever. But I don’t think you have a right to complain here. Someone created a community for people following this diet, it’s obvious they will ban anyone like you who is vocally opposed to the diet.
Raw milk is worse because of the bird flu risk. Some dumbass is gonna drink tainted milk, get sick, and the virus will eventually evolve to better infect humans in ways that hurt us.
A carnivore diet just harms themselves and the animals they’re eating. But raw milk has the potential to cause/accelerate another pandemic.
I’ve been a lifelong vegetarian however the vegans do have a point… what other mammal goes out of their way to drink other mammals milk?! I mean there’s some fringe cases of different species adopting each other and weaning but usually humans are involved in that.
I did not comment on their community, I just downvoted.
This almost makes it worse tbh. You’re not even trying to interact or provide anything of value to the community, you’re just going in to downvote.
There is no rule saying you can’t downvote the posts and downvoting isn’t “uncivil”
