• Skavau@piefed.social
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      4 hours ago

      Okay? Downvotes are valid at identifying bad posts, but spam downvoting is frowned on all the same.

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        4 hours ago

        It’s not spam if the user only downvotes. They may not think anything is worth an upvote but do see lots that they think are downvotes

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          4 hours ago

          I agree. That’s why it should take into account time between downvotes. Although I will add that I think the particular usertype you’re hypothesising is pretty rare.

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            4 hours ago

            Not really, but sure. Again if people care about downvotes that much it should just not be an option instead of used as a way to purge

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              4 hours ago

              It’s not used as a way to purge. I think downvotes can be useful, but I would still ban spam downvoters from my communities (not the instance).