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.
No I agree, your vote is yours and there’s no bad vibes from me for using it how you see fit.
But I mean, come on, can’t you see the joke in down voting several of my comments all at once, because you don’t agree with my opinion that down voting several things at once is actually fine to do?
Either way, I wasn’t trying to get your hackles up, so sorry if I did.