A troll (https://lemm.ee/u/shinigamiookamiryuu) is a new moderator of AskLemmy on Lemmy.world. They recently trolled about how Elon Musk's Nazi salute "has been debunked". What can be done about this?
Hello. I wasn't sure where to post about this and a friend directed me here. This is about AskLemmy on the Lemmy.world instance's newly appointed mod, shinigamiookamiryuu.
When people give evidence of those reprehensible things in the form of direct links, they will call it "slander". When this fails to work, they then try to gaslight everyone by saying "you're taking it out of context" "you cannot speak for my intentions" , hoping people fall for it. This is a very common tactic they've used for years. Don't fall for it.
They paint themselves as a targeted victim, hoping people (including mods/admins) take their word for it and don't look into the links that got posted.
Here's a screenshot of them telling a trans person to "do what the person in Nashville did". They are referring to the Nashville school shooter, Aiden Hale, who was trans. They also called them a Japanese slur that is equivalent to the f-word
Here's them trolling about how Elon Musk's Nazi salute "has been debunked though" and then trolling people once those people proved them wrong by gaslighting them about how "you can't speak for other people's intentions!".
They like to portray themselves as an innocent person who is "being targeted for no reason" hoping that mods and admins who are unaware of their history take their word for it without looking into things. They will claim to mods/admins that they're being doxed because their alias, which the troll publicly posts everywhere, was mentioned in posts exposing them. They do this because they want people who point out what they're doing to be banned, not because they're actually concerned about doxing. Please bear in mind that this user has been caught using an AI generated voice trying to pass it off as their own and they have been permabanned from Discord servers for making up excuses when asked by mods to prove they are who they say they are. They are using a fake internet persona.
Another thing this user will do is sign up on websites using the exact usernames of the people who originally exposed them on DeviantArt and then, once called out for this, will troll about being "inspired" by those usernames, omitting the fact they've 1. done this dozens of times 2. they only steal the usernames of the people who exposed them on DeviantArt. They'll also list their country on the impersonation accounts as being from the country of the person they're impersonating, among other things, like pretending to have DID on an account that's named after a person on DeviantArt who actually has DID and then manipulate people by claiming people calling them out on this are "denying DID exists".
They report any posts that aren't on their side, claiming they're being doxed because the poster used their alias, an alias they publicly use throughout the internet, and are known for faking many aspects of their persona online.
I apologize for the lengthy post, but is it appropriate for such a person to be a mod on AskLemmy, which is a popular community, given their actions both on Lemmy and off-site?
edit: They're now in this thread saying Elon Musk's Nazi salute was debunked and are comparing it to Pokemon.Link
This type of dismissive attitude is extremely problematic for communities because it deincentivizes people speaking up about issues. Which often is the first step to solving these issues.
Of course there are a lot of people who don't care and the best advice I can give those people is their own advice. If protests and people standing up or speaking out against issues bothers you how about YOU block and ignore the people speaking up, or if you don't want to just keep your mouth shut.
It is by in large a good thing that people speak up about things that are wrong or causing problems, and they should keep doing it. Awareness of problems is very important. Especially when part of solving issues like these is to let management know of such problems.
I mean your more dismissive of my advice your post requested from folks. Im offering what you asked for and did not imply its the only thing you should do or that you should not talk about it. If you want to do something else or if you did not want advice and just want to discuss it thats fine but you asked what can be done so I told you what I do. The whole reason im at the federation is that power is not centralized unless people allow it to be which im certainly not looking to do.
Considering they banned you from Lemmy.world after investigation people calling you out here and listing your offenses absolutely was not "overkill" by any stretch.
Anyway it seems this case is wrapped up now. Oh hey cool icons, a great change in 0.19.11.