So, I saw a report from one of my users. They reported:

https://ponder.cat/post/1594852/1813842

For the reason:

Unreasonable fighting with everyone in every simple post

I think that’s ridiculous, so I talked with them about it. Posting private communications is frowned upon I guess, but long story short, they weren’t receptive. I’ve decided to ban the account.

IMO the general culture on Lemmy is that users are entitled to their free account and everyone needs to be careful and circumspect about limiting that entitlement in any way, but I don’t see it that way. I don’t think it’s a requirement for me to provide hosting space for anyone who wants to use my stuff as a jumping-off point for abuse of Lemmy’s systems, and isn’t apologetic or receptive when I talk with them about not doing that. The fact that it’s in service of harassing FlyingSquid in particular is just icing on the cake, since my perception is that people like to harass him apparently for no legitimate reason at all (with this as an example).

AITA?

  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOP
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    10 days ago

    Finally got banned from lemm.ee, did you?

    @imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com @mrmanager@lemmy.today @vtctechadmin@vegantheoryclub.org @SDF@lemmy.sdf.org This dude is evading my attempts to block him, via an endless series of new accounts he makes on new instances. Please consider this a report for block evasion and harassment, as applied to his UniversalMonk account on your instance (all of those being instances on which he’s previously made some new account and then had an interaction which caused me to block that account and ask him to stop contacting me.)

    (Not that you losing an account on any given instance is really that big an obstacle of course. Like I said, it’s a flaw in how Lemmy is set up, from the perspective of moderation, and actually exactly why I don’t give a ton of leeway to new accounts that show strong signs of being up to some kind of malicious behavior.)

    Edit: Since it kind of got lost in the forest of replies below: Yes, I have proof of them deliberately evading blocks, by trying to talk to me on blocked accounts, then switching accounts to non-blocked accounts and then posting “random” comments as the first actions from the non-blocked accounts: https://ponder.cat/post/1596872/1838056

    They’ve also participated via voting in communities they were banned from. It was only a few times, so it could have been an accident. But also, they’ve making dozens of new alts because the old ones keep getting banned and they want to keep doing the same stuff that got them banned, so it’s a little disingenuous to claim there’s no possible way they could keep up with all the blocks and bans that have been applied to them, because it’s so complicated at this point, so it doesn’t count.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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      11 days ago

      As that user said, they’re not deliberately attempting to block evade. Just a side effect of making a new account

      • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 days ago

        I’ve seen them posting in communities and instances they have previously been banned from. If they made an attempt to avoid it that would be one thing but they don’t.

        I’m almost certain they are ban evading with their alts.

          • UniversalMonk@r.nfEnglish
            01·
            10 days ago

            They probably mod those communities as well, so reports never reach the admins

            But if I am posting to my own community that I have NOT been blocked from, and on an instance I have NOT been blocked from, how would that be ban evasion?

          • UniversalMonk@r.nfEnglish
            01·
            9 days ago

            So Blaze, I’m a little disappointed in you. We have never agreed on anything, but you have always been a straight shooter.

            I actually sent you a DM a day to two before this thread was even started, mentioning that I was noticing fake accounts with my name.

            That was BEFORE this thread started. Not that I’m asking you to speak up for me or anything, but it’s curious how you just sorta let this “ban evasion” conversation going on, while knowing that you had been alerted to the fake UniMonks by me.

            And you seem fine to let the conversation carry about people’s disbelief in fake accounts under my name. I have seen Universal Monk, Multiversal Monk, and RealUniversal Monk names.

            I told you before this conversation ever started that there were fake accounts with my name. Can I ask why you stayed silent on that?

            We’re not friends. I get it. But you are usually impartial in your conversations.

            And I just found another fake UniversalMonk posting to lemm.ee, which I have been banned from. And I just reported to the mod of c/conservative and the admin @EllaSpiggins@lemm.ee to report. :)

            Hmmm, and the user created that name just recently. Around the time this thread was started. Wow, what a strange coincidence. A heated debate of my ban evading.

            So I post proof that I don’t post in communities that I have been banned from. Then magically there are accounts with my name suddenly posting in communities I have been banned from. Even tho that wasn’t happening before this thread.

            I messaged the mod, Ella and alerted her to the user and the post:

        • UniversalMonk@r.nfEnglish
          01·
          11 days ago

          I’ve seen them posting in communities and instances they have previously been banned from.

          Name one. Provide examples. Lots of admins talk to each other. So let’s see some proof of what you have seen.

          The vast, vast majority of my posting is to my own communities. But I’m totally fine with you showing some screen shots of where you have seen me posting to places I am banned from with–time stamps to show that they were posted AFTER any ban. PhiliptheBucket seems to have every timestamp of everything I am posting and even he is not accusing me of what you just have.

          So give me an example of where you have seen me posting to a banned instance and/or community AFTER I was banned.

          I’m almost certain they are ban evading with their alts.

          But you just said you’ve seen me posting in communities and on instances I’ve been banned from. Now you are saying “almost certain.”

          So which is it? Did you see me like you said above or are you “almost certain?”

          And if you are so sure of it it, did you report those to the admin? And do you have examples? Let’s have a look.

          I keep the same fucking username. So it would be pretty hard for me to post in communities that I’m banned from. Seems like the mods could spot it right away.

          If wanted to ban evade, wouldn’t it be easier to just come up with a random name and then post wherever I wanted?

          And again, guys. I am NOT the subject of OP’s original post. This is all off-topic. This thread is not about me. Let it go!