Please don’t downvote posts in this comm because you think a ban was justified. That defeats the purpose of this comm.

          • LibreMonk@linkage.ds8.zone
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            2 days ago

            I agree with your whole thesis here, however unpopular. The voting is so arbitrary it’s useless.

            The sidebar is unclear:

            “Do not downvote posts if you think they deserved it. Use the comment votes (see below) for that.”

            The side-bar still today fails to answer @sudo@programming.dev’s question. It does not specify how the voting should be used.

            In principle, the interesting question is whether a mod action is consistent with the rules. Folks often post here because a mod took action against a rule-abiding post. Yet they get down-voted anyway because of distaste for the user who is being oppressed (thus the down-voter simply agrees w/oppressing opposing viewpoints).

            Even IF the side-bar were well written to cover this, the crowd doesn’t give a shit. It’s plainly evident that voters vote to push their emotion. Too many undisciplined brains. So really, the only sensible fix is this.