Saw this a lot on Reddit. Its not specific to here, just trying to gauge how people think. I’d see people posting about how “X said this! Have you seen what else they said in their site history?” And a stream of votebombing would happen.
I also wonder if this behaviour went the other way. Bias was confirmed, so profiles get a little boost? There are sites that hide posts and comments after a certain number of downvotes, but these always seemed to get the engagement even after.
it doesnt matter on lemmy like it did on reddit: on reddit you would have your posting rate degraded. i know of no penalty on lemmy for being downvoted.
honestly i’d rather be downvoted than blocked on either platform. argue with me and express anger or whatever but cutting me out of the conversation is beyond what i consider to be acceptable. ignoring is onething. preventing me from seeing whats happening and engaging is fucking ridiculous.