By doing this, they’ve also ironically managed to disprove their own point of supposedly only enforcing the rules. Bit of a shame, as the idea of the community seemed nice, but I thought the mod was really out of line there.
Oh well, you better believe I’ll be back downvoting in 74 years!
Yes, and no. People can be petty about this kinda stuff (mods can be petty about anything) - but ultimately, there are accounts that do go around mass downvoting that will ‘target’ specific instances with no interest in engaging with them.
I find it helps cultivate a high-trust culture.
pretty sure zero trust is a better plan
Overall?