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The mod banning these users is the same mod who made the posts they downvoted. This is mod abuse, turning the downvote button into an auto-self-ban button.

The message is "If you disagree with me, you will be banned"

Monitoring and banning users for using lemmy as intended to signal boost your opinion should be grounds to have all mod privileges removed. This behaviour undermines the integrity of the server and the wider fediverse.

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[–] Bonus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

How do they even know you downvoted? I was banned from a carnivore's communities once and can't say I'd ever even seen them. Claimed I was committing "systemic downvoting." Even if I had, how would they know? I started some tiny little communities on another instance, just to learn really, ~~and I have no such privied data available to me as a mod (at least not that I know of so far)~~. I should have posted that weirdo.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Because community moderators can see upvotes and downvotes of comments and posts on their community. Anyone can as well with Lemvotes.

[–] Bonus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We can see exactly how each person votes? I'm on piefed.social too and must be staring right at the thing but not recognizing it.

[–] Bonus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Finally noticed the view voting activity option

Thanks @skavau@piefed.social!

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