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?

  • UniversalMonkEnglish
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    19 hours 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 @[email protected] 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: