Ok, bigger instances ban more often. Not surprising, because they have more communities and more users and more trouble. But hang on, dbzer0 isn't a very big instance. What happens if we do a ratio of bans vs number of users?

Ok, so lemmy.ml, dbzer0 and pawb are issue an outsized amount of bans for the number of users they have... But surely the number of communities the instance hosts is going to mean they have to ban more? Bans are used to moderate communities, not just to shield their user-base from the outside. Let's look at the number of bans per community hosted:

Seems like dbzer0 really loves to ban. Even more than the marxists and the furries! What is it about dbzer0 that makes them such prolific banners?

Raw-ish numbers and calculations are in this spreadsheet if anyone wants to make their own charts.

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[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Analysis of potential causes aside, thank you for sharing such interesting data!

[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

I’d be curious about stats on downvoting as well. Anecdotally, downvote frequency seems to vary by community. Personally, I don’t downvote for differences of opinion, and instead withhold upvotes, with downvotes reserved for blatantly toxic behavior. The etiquette across Lemmy seems varied, though.

[–] TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Did you go by total bans or only instance bans when they are admins?

Because if it was total bans, then I can think of admins of two other sites who'd be over 300

@rimu@piefed.social

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