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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.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

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 [email protected] and [email protected] what to do?

On the grounds of !fediverse not being a complaints forum, I'm going to lock this post.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

shadow banned

Do we have that on Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, but the more people block them, the less up votes and visibility they will receive for their posts.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

On the other hand, letting them free has the risk of making this place a Nazi bar: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nazi_bar

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I'm in the center. But as long as it's not illegal, then it's OK.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

Oh wow, that's the first time I've seen this person's userpage and read... whatever that is.

So fucking cringe.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In that case I also nominate @[email protected] who pretends to be left but posts an incredible amount of conservative propaganda and misinformation in all his little communities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Ask them about Ukraine to get a good idea of what they stand for.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OK so you think every lemm.ee user is a nazi or something?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

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

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