This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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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.
YDI.
We (Lemmy users in general) have an idiotic tendency to take matters into our own hands, instead of letting the people in charge handle it, even when the later would be better for everyone. And that's exactly what you did.
If you believe that a community promotes harmful content, report it to the instance admins. Make sure to back up your claim with studies and the likes. Don't simply blanket downvote everything in it, otherwise you're creating a precedent for other people to do the same with other communities.
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.
Do I see you following people around replying to unrelated threads to continue an argument from elsewhere? Not cool
YDI.
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.
Draconic kind of hit the nail on the head with this one. Going into a community you don’t like and mass downvoting everything isn’t super awesome, and there’s no rule against the moderator of that community banning you for it.
This is one of those situations where the best thing for you to do is disengage
Thank you for clarifying!
Sunaurus stepped down, the main admin is now @[email protected]
Ah thank you for pointing that out, I'll make sure to CC them instead next time.
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
Yeah nah you're in the wrong here. Report to admins, block the community and move on.
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.
I blocked that sub as soon as I saw it in /everything.
It smelled like a troll meeting area (acrid sugared vinegar sweats from their 'sauces').
Mods are bored, looking for extra work.
But mass downvoting is a threat actor behavior tbh
I do wonder if they do the same to people who mass up vote... Hmmm
