Since multiple communities i moderate are ai related, posts often get anti ai downvotes from people from the wider lemmy.
Something I learned to do that I am now doing with all my communities is this.
Let’s say i post an ai image. It get’s 5 downvotes by anti ai people who, instead of block the community to not see the content, attempt to attack and force the post downward. Just by doing so, they show their intent is to harm content reach instead of support it and that the community is healthier with them unable to touch it. So I then select each of the 5 downvoters and select ‘ban from all moderated communities’. Sounds simple enough, right? And it’s sort of power trippy. I don’t even bother typing reasons. And eventually the community would be cleansed.
But here’s the trick.
Make a post with content matching what is appropriate for your community. Do the normal banning of downvoters. Then edit the post to change the title and then delete and hide it. Then post again the exact same content and title. Again weed the downvoters. Again delete and repost. I call it SpeedCleansing. And at the end of it, you are left with an unattacked post which can finally stay up.
Enjoy
Do you think instead of downvoting a post, everyone should block a community instead?
excuse me but you aren’t aggressive enough for this area.
i haven’t really thought about it. generally tho i don’t reach out to harm people when they haven’t harmed me. so if there is a community i don’t want to see, like about some anime, I block it so i don’t see it instead of do anything negative to them. I know I’m the minority though.
i mostly use downvotes to feedback bad behavior; nothing to do with communities i don’t want to see.
Well you are assuming their stance and intentions (“anti-ai people” and “their intent is to harm content reach”)
What if they are just disagreeing with the content, message or post itself? How do you discern the difference?
i don’t discern a difference; i just ban them. =D
and with every ban, the area becomes a nicer place =D