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?

  • Universal Monk@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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    3 days ago

    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.

      • Universal Monk@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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        1 day ago

        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?

          • Universal Monk@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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            21 hours ago

            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.

              • Universal Monk@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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                18 hours ago

                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!

                • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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                  15 hours ago

                  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

      • Universal Monk@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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        1 day ago

        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! :)