I got banned from like 12 communities I never visited because one mod got pissy I was downvoting their low quality memes every time they came on my feed.
If you never interact with a particular Community other than to downvote it, the appropriate response is to block that Community. Browsing from the unfiltered “All” page and downvoting stuff you are literally not in the audience for is just shitty behaviour. Especially on a small platform like Lemmy, a small number of people doing that can have an outsized impact on the people who do want to see that kind of thing.
Especially on a small platform like Lemmy, a small number of people doing that can have an outsized impact on the people who do want to see that kind of thing.
You should probably be more concerned about the powermods then, why should one person decide what’s appropriate for a dozen different communities? That’s actual outsized impact and it actually effects the people who are interested in those communities.
Still plenty of power-tripping mods, though.
I got banned from like 12 communities I never visited because one mod got pissy I was downvoting their low quality memes every time they came on my feed.
Exactly the same! They really are fragile about their slop.
If you never interact with a particular Community other than to downvote it, the appropriate response is to block that Community. Browsing from the unfiltered “All” page and downvoting stuff you are literally not in the audience for is just shitty behaviour. Especially on a small platform like Lemmy, a small number of people doing that can have an outsized impact on the people who do want to see that kind of thing.
The memes were bad, I was curating.
You should probably be more concerned about the powermods then, why should one person decide what’s appropriate for a dozen different communities? That’s actual outsized impact and it actually effects the people who are interested in those communities.
Were you “curating” in a community you hadn’t had more positive engagement with previously?
Sometimes. Low quality memes are often evident regardless of familiarity.