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Today I noticed a huge wall of spam from UniversalMonk from 2 different accounts and didn't initially think much of it and blocked their communities but more spam came from different communities.

At this point I checked and saw that they had created several communities which then led me down the rabbit hole to discover that their posts had almost entirely covered the new posts page of both sh.itjust.works and lemm.ee. Later on I discovered that they're posting right-wing propaganda and misinformation from breitbart, foxnews you name it.


He's already caused and stirred shit 2 months ago and clearly I can see why now.

At this point it's difficult to believe that UniversalMonk will learn proper netiquette in: not post spamming, being considerate to others, and not sharing right-wing extremist content that no one wants.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

“I’m from Texas! NATO is the absolute worst! Zelensky is corrupt! I’m from Texas! Trump is okay, I don’t see what the big deal is. I’m a socialist!”

Based on real events.

Edit: Actually, I should make clear. I don't think mods should be trying to ban all the propaganda accounts. There is too much grey area, it's impossible to do perfectly, and there is a real risk of censoring someone who is not propaganda but is just saying some unpopular thing. I do think that it's worth making fun of the propaganda accounts when they are laughably obvious.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

I do think that it's worth making fun of the propaganda accounts when they are laughably obvious.

Exposing them and letting them flame out is credited approach.

They have a very narrow scope for shit they post.