I downvoted maybe half a dozen posts. They were all right-wing bullshit and I realized that’s all the user has ever posted so I got out of there. The next day I see more of his junk and go to downvote but can’t because I’m banned.

Sure it was a dick move to poke the bear about his lifestyle of only posting things that get downvoted, but he. Went. OFF!

Accusing me of alts, thinking I’m obsessed with him, message after message… I probably have more in my inbox right now but stitching this image together took long enough.

  • Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.comMEnglish
    84·
    3 days ago

    It’s disturbing just how effective this campaign has been. I think part of the reason is that many admins just tend to go along with the consensus when these things are occurring, because it’s easier to take someone’s word for whats going on than actually look at all the details, especially when it’s been playing out over years now. We’ve all been guilty of this.

    But the fact is:

    • trolls exist
    • trolls can use a vpn
    • trolls can create an impersonation account and act like an insane arsehole
    • trolls can report that account as being an alt of universal monk

    Multiply that a dozen times and you have a successful mud slinging campaign to get someone multi-instance banned.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      53·
      3 days ago

      I will agree at time’s UM has been… unsaviory and dickish, but its just bizarre lemmy wants him gone, instead of any of the major players that make other instances horrid. The ones who join places, act like a dick, then cry when the mess gets cleaned up.

      • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        81·
        2 days ago

        I don’t enjoy associating with people who admit that they intentionally antagonize other people so they get in trouble. That really, really, really sticks in my craw. Not understanding social norms or the billions of things that aren’t said in rules, or how some folks can violate things that are and others can’t, is a massive noose around the neck of people who are neurologically atypical, so someone claiming they do those things but ‘only’ against people they deem deserve it is a massive problem for me.

        • Universal Monk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          35·
          2 days ago

          is a massive noose around the neck of people who are neurologically atypical

          What does this mean? I’m not being a dick, I genuinely would like to know what you are referring to. Can you explain that a bit more.

          I think you’re saying that it’s already difficult enough for neuro-atypical people to process things, so that when you see someone you think is being intentionally annoying, it frustrates you. But I’m not sure how that relates to this thread. Are you talking about shitposting or something else?

          You don’t have to explain if it’s upsetting to you or anything. Or DM me if you prefer to keep it private. (I’m being serious, not sarcastic)

        • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          22·
          2 days ago

          Rheori (if I’m spelling that right), FreedomAdvocate, SatansMoldyCumFart, and PugJesus has been routinely rude to various instances and then cries when banned for it.

          Also various mods of .world have had some of the worst moderation possible. Banning for disagreeing despite evidence proving them wrong.

          It’s basically how .ml treats anything about China. Proving them wrong means you’re banned.

    • Universal Monk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      75·
      3 days ago

      trolls can create an impersonation account and act like an insane arsehole trolls can report that account as being an alt of universal monk

      Yep! I’m pretty sure I’ve even wrote to admin of this instance to point out when someone started impersonating me. It got to be so many accounts that I stopped doing that though.

      At peak UM hate, there were something like 45 instances with my name that were not me. Some guy hated me so much he’d make a list of all the instances, and post it to every conversation I was involved in. lol

      Also saw a few fun ones like, “REALUniversalMonk” and “UniMonk” and “UniversalMonksHairyArse” or something like that, but those never lasted long because they’d just get banned immediately when they posted weird ass nazi shit anyway.

      It’s pretty much died down recently. Most people know I post just from this one, sh.itjust.works and piefed.feddit. This is my main one tho, because…pirates!

      I was on slrpnk, but to your point, a mob campaign started, so the admin there gave me a heads up they were banning and deleting me. Even tho I had never posted anything political at all from that account. But he gave me time to switch everything over before he deleted all my stuff, so he’s cool people.

      To be honest, I’m surprised that admins even let my name be started on other instances now!

      • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        73·
        3 days ago

        At peak UM hate, there were something like 45 instances with my name that were not me. Some guy hated me so much he’d make a list of all the instances, and post it to every conversation I was involved in. lol

        I recall that, and someone started impersonating one of our users with transphobic trolling shit, talking about pig pet play stuff. Weird as well.

        They could just… go on with their lives. Instead they dedicate hundreds of hours into this instead of reading a book, watching movies, playing games, etc.