While scrolling, my fat ass fingers sometimes accidentally tap the upvote or downvote button, and don't go back to change it because I literally do not care at all. I don't give a shit about authoritarianism, I'ma goddamn Marxist-Leninist, but can we just stick to banning people for what they actually do instead of trying to sus out and speculate what they truly feel deep down in their hearts? If people are being bigots, ban them. If people are poking at the boundaries, ban them. But a single upvote or downvote literally doesn't change anything at all. Someone who never posts or comments anything but downvoted posts they don't like and upvotes posts they do, has an extremely negligible impact on the discourse. Why does this even need to be said?

Also can you not ban me for this, maybe?

This is silly guys, maybe shutting down the site as a joke should be ok, this is the dumbest and most unnecessary struggle session :thonk:

edit:

Just at first glance, what makes sense to me is flag posts that are posted in anti_cishet that are solely trans positive, e.g. Brooke's "I love my trans comrades posts", and then if a user has downvoted an arbitrary amount of those, then inspect their profile to see the trend, and then ban them if necessary. Use it sparingly and accurately rather than unnecessarily sweep up a lot of bystanders in the process. Just a suggestion.

  • the_river_cass [she/her]
    1·
    4 years ago

    mate, the push back at every discussion about transphobia has been driving trans comrades away for two months. many have totally left. the votes are a proxy for who's trying to make the site uncomfortable for trans people. name a SINGLE good reason to downvote trans love threads. there aren't any.

    people can always appeal the ban. making the space less reactionary and more friendly to marginalized people has to come first.

    it does fucking hurt to be called transphobic when I’m not

    seriously: boo fucking hoo. I got attacked by people screaming slurs at me just a couple of weeks ago. what's your excuse? get some fucking perspective.

    • TheJoker [he/him]
      1·
      4 years ago

      Listen dawg, I’m not suggesting we give transphobia an inch. What I’m suggesting is that we do it more precisely and accurately, and put more time and energy in to the plan. It’s a matter of methodology pure and simple, and judging by the response from the community, the methodology is not good.

      We’re on the same side comrade, we want the same thing: purging terfs is cool and good. We can just do it better.

      • the_river_cass [she/her]
        2·
        4 years ago

        judging by the response from the community, the methodology is not good

        the response is overwhelmingly positive...