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.
They were directly PM’ing people and being aggressively antagonistic. This is what ultimately got them banned. Then they ban evaded, and created communities to troll.
I suppose it should go without saying but I’ll say it anyway- they stirred up drama during the election and specifically targeted democratic voting, claiming to be in support of third parties-
Only to come out of the other end as a conservative propagandist. This is the definition of bad-faith trolling and is absolutely grounds for being banned.
If you run an instance, you’re free to protect them all you wish. But elsewhere, they should be banned.
I dunno what they've done on other accounts, I don't have any control over that. They haven't done anything banworthy on SJW that I can see. I haven't even received any reports that I can recall.
What is your evidence for this? Everything I see on their profile states that they voted third party in the election. Criticizing the democratic candidates does not imply they are a conservative propagandist. Ffs we have thousands of tankies on Lemmy who did the same shit. Are they right-wingers as well?
I do know. That’s is why I can say this. I’m a moderator for a popular community on .world and remember very well the trouble they caused a few months back.
There is tons of evidence throughout the comments on this post of others who have had to deal with them. You can either think that this many people, across multiple instances are randomly conspiring against an innocent person chosen at random, or you can think that maybe you don’t have enough information to suggest we exonerate the troll…
As I said, if you run your own instance, you’re clearly free to do as you wish, but having had to deal with them- and the drama they caused, I stand firmly with anyone choosing to remove them from theirs.
If the trouble was so bad that you believe they deserve to be banned on sight, post the damn evidence.
As far as I know, half the accounts commenting on this post could be and probably are OP's alts. What the fuck do you think this is, mob justice? You're not standing firmly with anyone, you're actively harassing this guy because of some personal grudge from months ago. Let it go.
Or alternatively, show me what he did that was so unforgivable.
This isn’t a court of law. I don’t need to prove to you the reasons this person should be banned. Besides…. others have already posted the damn evidence.
I told you they harassed other users. I am not going to share private messages with you. Their comment history is public as is their modlog. I suggest you look into it yourself.
AGAIN- if you disagree, and you have the authority to do so, then allow them access to your instance. I don’t really care.
I am simply illustrating reasons why the should be banned- along with all the other people here.
There's always an xkcd.
I thought imaqtpie asked a very relevant and fair question about what the big even deal is, if UniversalMonk posted a bunch of stories to one of his one-man communities. I thought I addressed it from that perspective: Yes, it sounds like OP is making a disproportionate freak-out about this, because you're right that it really isn't a big deal on the face of it. Here's where from my point of view that sudden and over-the-top reaction might come from. Then he said I was off my rocker.
Ok, I take that one back. Your rocker is structurally sound, that was uncalled for. I'm still not banning him though. At least not yet.
This goes in the "shit UM would say" bucket.
Good. I already told you I liked the cut of his jib. Plus he's got a rockin' bod 😂
I see someone's been watching Doublelift lately lol
Lol nah I actually took that line from a Lemmy comment I read the other day. You really think I'd watch another streamer besides the one and only pie? He's been streaming league again btw. He's super washed mechanically but he's still got that rizz and those devilish good looks 😂