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.
How am I throwing a fit?
And it what happened with me, and my community. I only banned serial downvoters who had never participated in it, or in many cases - had a single post on the Fediverse.
They were quiet background downvoters.
My communities are fine with no problems.
Additionally, I don’t answer to you.
You can literally view the public modlog of the communities I moderate, if you want to scrutinise my behaviour.
I have - why do you think I’ve been advising you to step down?
What particular actions do you disagree with?
You are bad at moderating. And apparently you get bored and lock threads when you have to do your self appointed job.
You enjoy the power, but you balk at doing the work.
You do realise most communities ban accounts for mass-downvoting, as I said to you before?
Secondly, that locked thread was a constant barrage of back and forth insults despite me mediating multiple times. How on earth is that power-tripping? I specifically locked it at the time because if it continued, I would’ve ended up having to ban multiple accounts.
Also you badger and pester users who disagree with you, which is extremely unprofessional conduct for someone in a place of even minor authority.
You reply to me (especially if you hit me with accusations), I’ll usually reply back.