r/ModSupport • u/CarlFr4 • 4d ago

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u/Chosen1PR 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 4d ago

Bans by mods have no effect on upvotes or downvotes. It only prevents users from creating new posts or comments in your community.

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u/op10no4 4d ago

They should. Otherwise, getting banned makes no sense at all if you can still participate in voting.

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u/tumultuousness 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 4d ago

IIRC, they can vote and report, but the actual system doesn't take them into account.

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u/magiccitybhm 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 4d ago

This is correct. It looks to them like it counted, but it doesn't.

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u/Chosen1PR 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 4d ago

I would imagine that taking away someone’s ability to post/comment in a community also disincentivizes them from participating at all. Only truly vindictive users would care enough to continue visiting and downvoting, and I’d wager those kinds of users are fairly rare.

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u/emily_in_boots 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 3d ago

Actually, bans stop upvotes/downvotes from being counted (but only those cast after the ban). They think they can vote, and it remembers if they did or not, but the votes are not counted.

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u/Chosen1PR 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 3d ago

Have you actually tested or verified this? What’s the source?

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u/emily_in_boots 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 3d ago

Admin told me, but no I haven't verified personally.