I'm Calling For the Fediverse to Ban UniversalMonk
I'm Calling For the Fediverse to Ban UniversalMonk
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.
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.
And now they're spamming right wing nazi stuff, despite definitely for sure being a legitimate honest 3rd party Jill Stein Stan
I fucking knew it, I commented once that he was a secret MAGAt supporter spreading FUD and bLuEMagA crap. Looks like the mask fell and guess I was right lol
oh I always knew it- maybe a week or two after they started spamming, I caught them posting 3 or 4 times in the /c/conservative comm with some VERY overtly racist articles. They did a great job ignoring me when I started calling them out on it though, very strange.
Edit: Here it was, they spammed a bunch of stuff, including that one particular article in the middle about Oregon's housing assistance program being only for illegal immigrants (an outright lie that only existed for racist purposes):
I think UniversalMonk was a supporter of the PSL and claimed to have voted for Claudia De la Cruz.
You know, the woman who is FURIOUS that the US isn’t doing more to support Israel’s war in Gaza, and promised to rectify it and really give them the green light and finally get them all the weapons they need, if she won the presidency.(Edit: I was wrong about this. De la Cruz, as far as I can tell, opposes Israeli genocide and US support for it and supports Palestinian liberation.)
Like I say it blows my mind that he is still allowed anywhere on Lemmy. Not at all because I don’t think someone should be able to support the PSL, but because he is clearly lying for malicious reasons when he says that, among many other things.
When has Claudia De LA Cruz ever said that? As far as I know the PSL has been one of the main organizers for pro-palestinian protests in the US especially where I live along with the Palestinian youth movement. Claudia and her running partner usually at said protests. She is literally on canary mission a site used to try and silence anti-zionists. I know nothing about the person you and OP are talking about, but it seems you are just making stuff up about Claudia. If anything other than Jill Stein she was the ONLY pro-palestinian candidate(to my knowledge).
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.
Eh, I just had a run-in with them again.
Trying to get every instance to ban them is a little crazy tbh, and I think you're right that their entire goal is a blend of trolling and misinformation.
It isn't crazy because they're acting in bad faith. It's crazy because just lemmy is already too big to try and organize a lemmy wide ban. Trying to get a fediverse wide one applied ain't happening.
Best you can do is report them for the spamming in the instances they do it on.
Best you can do is report them for the spamming in the instances they do it on.
I've made a separate comment here that explains why this might not work as they are the moderator for the communities that they created.
This fucker is still around eh? I remember him single-handedly sowing discord in c/politics around the time of the election with incessant pro 3rd party spam and insane tirades of sealioning - also report abuse if I remember right. Or at least taunting people into breaking rules and subsequently reporting them. I was amazed at the time that he was allowed to remain unbanned for ages in that sub when it was very clear what he was doing.
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?
I want to push back on this just a little. Clearly UM isn't the bastion of consistent good thought, but others that were maligned like return2ozma have been pretty consistent in what they post.
This is to say, "Great, one person is a fuckup. Why are we attributing this to the whole group?"
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.
In that case I also nominate @jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world who pretends to be left but posts an incredible amount of conservative propaganda and misinformation in all his little communities.
Why are we giving this person their stage again? How probable is it that the instance admins of the like 15 instances they have accounts on will all collectively ban him? It's just your average nazi spammer on the internet. You've read that "bio" this person has. Even if they get banned, they'll come back just on principle. Just block him like any sane person would do, leave him shadow banned like that with his nazi friends, and call it a day.
I agree with the sentiment but this here is not a complaints forum.
Please report that user and his communities to the admins of the instances he's registered at. A quick look at the sidebars of both sh.itjust.works and lemm.ee would suggest that their admins banning him is a slam dunk.
Maybe ask at !support@lemm.ee and !main@sh.itjust.works what to do?
On the grounds of !fediverse not being a complaints forum, I'm going to lock this post.
Posting lying terrorist dens like breitbart or fox as news is ban-worthy on its own.
Jesus. Just openly demanding an echo chamber.
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
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.
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.
I had actually forgotten about that guy. I blocked him a few months ago because I got tired of his incessant and biased spam.
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.
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 never blocked anyone.
I've got an empty block list. The most I do is add a tag if I'm browsing on my phone.
Also take note of !naziparty@lemm.ee aka "conservative"
Edit: !naziparty@sh.itjust.works and !naziparty@lemmy.world also
OK so you think every lemm.ee user is a nazi or something?
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
This is harassment directed towards one specific user.
If you find direct offense to their posts, you should let the instance admins manage that through reports. If there is many instances, do that many reports.
But this is basically fascist harassment. A witch hunt.
What, no one can dissent from your ideology? Is it that weak that it cannot and will not handle criticism?
The reverse applies as well. If you want, open your own instance echo chamber and talk to yourself.
I'm in the center. But as long as it's not illegal, then it's OK.