this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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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] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Based on the number of dislikes I have to imagine that someone out there might have made reports which were probably and unfortunately 'handled/managed' by UniversalMonk as that's how the current moderation system works:


Currently [as of Jan 12, 2025]
If a report is sent, both the community moderator(s) and admin(s) are able to see and handle the report.

  • This has the unfortunate side effect where if the moderator has no qualms and dismisses the report it can become unlikely that anyone would know what's going on.

The user who made the report might then unfortunately think that the admin(s) are condoning the post/content that's shared on their platform which might not actually be the case.


At this point I'm just going to ask that: if anyone has any posts or comments that they'd like to report, please feel free to also shoot me a Direct Message (DM). I'm going to preempt and say that while I can't promise that I'll respond immediately, I can at least guarantee that I'll reply back saying that I have seen your message.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

I had actually forgotten about that guy. I blocked him a few months ago because I got tired of his incessant and biased spam.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I'm in the center. But as long as it's not illegal, then it's OK.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Forgot about that guy. They have the honor of being my first ever block.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OK so you think every lemm.ee user is a nazi or something?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

No but only few of them. I didnt see its users commenting getting mad everytime they see some news posts against the cons

And "NaziParty" did get almost all of their posts downvoted

I also see the communities with the same name in http://sh.itjust.works and http://lemmy.world, all with the same users and downvotes

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