Examples that come to mind are political communities, linus tech tips, diet communities, etc. There will be a group of people who will not make comments, posts, but will strictly downvote everything that is in the community.

This is a continuation of a discussion @Blaze@feddit.org and I started elsewhere, but it deserves it's own space for meta-moderation discussion.

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[–] celeste@kbin.earth 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

If I'm making the effort to comment or post on topic in a community which mostly gets posts from one or two people, and i get immediate downvotes, I'm going to assume that's a signal I broke an unwritten rule. I probably wouldn't try posting there again.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 7 months ago

Good point

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 7 months ago

That would make sense if you are assuming that people are acting on good faith...

Can't make that assumption online imho

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 7 months ago

great point!