I discovered that I was banned from !ukraine@sopuli.xyz for being a “known detriment to the community,” despite never having posted there or even knowing about the community.
A similar situation occurred with !PleasantPolitics@slrpnk.net. This community uses a bot that bans people based on their downvote history, regardless of whether they’ve actually visited the community.
This policy from !PleasantPolitics@slrpnk.net actually caused me some trouble. After moving to a new instance, I stumbled upon this community and decided to post there. The owner then initiated a thread to have me banned across the federation for “ban evasion,” even though I was unaware of any prior ban and had only just learned of the community.
This owner has implemented a bot that automatically bans individuals, only to potentially unban them depending on their upvote/downvote ratio, without considering their actual involvement in the community.
As you might guess, his moderation log is a constant stream of bans, which is quite amusing.
While I’m not usually one for pettiness, I think I would like to return the favor to those mods and pre-ban them from my communities.
However, I’m not sure how to go about doing this. Any tips?
Do not help this toxic individual. They have infested many areas of Lemmy and get blocked for their bullshit.
I’ve also noticed they’ve got more than a few accounts
Yes they do. When they get banned they will try to sneak back in with another account.
Hey, I know them! They’re quite the oddball
To each their own. Some people just like drama
But just the other day, you mentioned that I was a bot and not even human. So…
Ye, you do act quite goofy. So much so I wouldn’t be surprised if you were a bot. Or maybe just an edgy 14yo
So I’m a bot or a edgy 14-yr old now?
Well, except for the fact that I’m retired, have my own house and land, I have children older than you, and the fact that I’m old enough to have fucked your grandma when she was still hot; let’s go with the edgy teen option!
You keep crying, I’ll keep laughing.
Thanks, friend!
If you say so
How am I toxic? I don’t advocate for violence. I don’t call anyone names. I don’t post in communities where I’m not welcome.
Obviously, you’re welcome to your opinion Mr. MyOpinion, but I’d love to know why you would consider me “toxic.”
I can totally see how some would be unhappy with news articles that I post because many are not in favor of their preferred candidate. In which blocking me would solve the problem. But I don’t write the articles, and they are from very public, very popular websites.
So “toxic” would seem an odd word to use for that.
Someone’s upset
Not upset at all. I just want to repay those mods with the same behavior. But I’m not upset about it.
And you thought I was a bot, so how would a bot get upset?
Oh hey you edited your post! Looks a lot nicer now, well done!
How would I do that? I’m a bot, right? And I don’t even remember any edits. I may have edited for clarity, but I post a lot, so I can’t remember.
The same way you edit for clarity perhaps? It sounds less upset tho, well done!
But I was never upset, so it’s not less upset.
I’m aware that you really, really want me to be upset. But you’re so meaningless to me, nothing you do or say could upset me.
Thanks, friend!
No, it just kinda seemed that way give your response. No need for the whole lecture about how perfectly not upset and how much you don’t care
You’ve told me before
Your not really helping your case
I don’t give a fuck if it will “help” my case or not. Facts are facts. And I stated the facts.
Also, I got more upvotes than downvotes for that post. And for posts from me, that’s a rare thing. So um, looks like it did help my case after all.
Thanks, friend! :)