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.
100% if he is breaking the ToS on multiple instances (and I would argue that spamming most likely is, not to mention the substance of the content)
He can always create his own instance and anyone who wants to see his content can join it as well. Instance admins shouldn’t feel obligated to give anyone a platform (ahem, .world), the fediverse is decentralized and democratic.
Oh wow. UM really is just a malignancy that refuses to go away, isn’t he? I’m all for allowing different opinions but if someone keeps peeing in the pool, sooner or later you stop letting him in.
Oh wow, that’s the first time I’ve seen this person’s userpage and read… whatever that is.
So fucking cringe.
Forgot about that guy. They have the honor of being my first ever block.
How long have you been here? a day without a block is a day I probably wasn’t online for long.
I’ve got an empty block list. The most I do is add a tag if I’m browsing on my phone.
I’ve never blocked anyone.
Seems like he does get banned frequently by mods, given he has like 10 accounts created on a number of servers in the past few months
I had actually forgotten about that guy. I blocked him a few months ago because I got tired of his incessant and biased spam.
I wouldn’t care so much if he wasn’t such a bitch about it. You want to post that stuff than own up and admit it. Fucking cryptofascist.
It blows my mind that the admins of UniversalMonk-affected servers don’t just ban him on sight.
Guys: You’re being too nice. I get it, you want to be inclusive. But you have to draw lines. Someone doesn’t have to be telling racist jokes or something, in order to be clearly and unapologetically a net negative to the community in every possible sense. And, showing them firmly to the door doesn’t have to be a complex or “objective” process when that happens.
Nah, this whole trend to censor anything and everything that isn’t exactly what you want to see is worse for the community.
I say leave him alone. I don’t have him blocked. I don’t ever see his content unless I actually do search to see what he’s been up to (spoiler: he was a far right nutbag all along the end). Even IF he is spamming articles, that behaviour can be modded by communities he isn’t modding for, and those he is modding for can be blocked. Hell if he pisses you off specifically you can block him yourself already! This isn’t a community needs to step in issue.
How many of this comment do I need to respond to?
You guys aren’t even trying to make it make sense. Moderators blocked him, so he made new communities of his own. Then people blocked him and instances banned him, so he made new accounts. Now he’s showing up again for people who have taken the steps you describe. He is actively evading people’s attempts to not have to listen to him. He talks about how proud he is of himself for doing it.
How many of this comment do I need to respond to?
As many as it takes to get you to understand censorship is a worse means. UM can ‘evade’ all he wants but he can’t take away your unsubscribe and block buttons. Did you know they aren’t single use? Amazing!
Did you know you can’t take away my “asking the admins to ban an obvious and incredibly energetic troll” buttons, either?
Everyone wanted to know how it would go for the “I just want people to support a 3rd party” folks after the election… Well, now you know!
Apologies I don’t really understand what you mean by that
I’m guessing this is a referral to the US election?
He was banned on lemmy.world for excessive Jill Stiein/3rd party spam prior to the election and the discussion at the time was “What will they do after the election?” Well, now you know. Right Wing all along.
That mf is still around? And now they’re spamming right wing nazi stuff, despite definitely for sure being a legitimate honest 3rd party Jill Stein Stan? My gosh, say it isn’t so!
There is nothing for them to learn about “netiquette”, they are a cancerous wart intentionally participating in bad faith with the entire fediverse.
It seems like every other day they are posting from a new instance.
Because they keep getting banned
Not as much as you’d think.
Parent bullet point is the user. Child bullet points are communities they run/ran
- https://hilariouschaos.com/u/universalmonk
- https://futurology.today/u/universalmonk
- https://lemdro.id/u/universalmonk
- https://lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org/u/universalmonk
- https://lemmy.radio/u/universalmonk
- https://eviltoast.org/u/universalmonk
- https://sh.itjust.works/u/universalmonk
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/talesfromthecrypticlemmy
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/swp
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/pierpontctc
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/politicsunfiltered
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/solarpunkstrength
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/fitchicks
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/lostscreams
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/libertariansocialism
- https://sh.itjust.works/c/esperanto
- https://slrpnk.net/u/universalmonk
- https://mander.xyz/u/universalmonk
- https://midwest.social/u/universalmonk (BANNED)
- https://lemm.ee/u/universalmonk
- https://beehaw.org/u/universalmonk (BANNED)
- https://lemmy.world/u/universalmonk (BANNED)
- https://lemmy.world/c/politicsunfiltered (TAKEN OVER BY ANOTHER MOD)
- https://lemmy.world/c/PierpontCTC
- https://lemmy.world/c/transracial
- https://lemmy.world/c/byupathway
- https://lemmy.world/c/byuidaho
- https://lemmy.world/c/swp
- https://lemmy.world/c/talesfromthecrypticlemmy
- https://lemmy.world/c/amileaday
- https://lemmy.world/c/murderhornet_100
What the actual fuck
That’s a long list
