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.

  • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
    922·
    11 hours ago

    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.

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catEnglish
      173·
      11 hours ago

      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.

      • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
        618·
        10 hours ago

        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!

        • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catEnglish
          142·
          9 hours ago

          Did you know you can’t take away my “asking the admins to ban an obvious and incredibly energetic troll” buttons, either?

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      114·
      11 hours ago

      just like I said the other day.

      https://lemmy.world/comment/14424566

      in a year Lemmy will be a cesspool of extremist thoughts and opinions. left, right, doesn’t matter.

      the average Lemmy user is become far more caustic towards any differing opinions and that directly increases the toxicity of the platform.

      this is why mods are trying to be pedantic about the rules in communities, but unfortunately they’re only accelerating it.

      they’re removing all the content under “incivility” that calls out or questions bullshit yet leaving toxic misinformation up because it breaks “no rules”.

      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        710·
        11 hours ago

        Yeah man I feel like I’m taking crazy pills, I literally haven’t seen a single thing this dude has posted in months and all these people chiming in like he’s flooding their feeds. Like why the fuck are they subscribed to his communities in the first place???