Being banned from a place, and then just going back on there with a different name is bad form.

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Are you implying that I’m a fascist because I think doxxing social security numbers is bad for a Lemmy instance? That’s a strange take.

Also, it looks like most people are downvoting OP’s post and agreeing that he deserved it. Are they fascist too?!

The truly extreme action of releasing publicly available information

So if it’s so publicly available, then no reason to post it on Lemmy. Also, someone mentioned the post had Social Security numbers. I don’t care what Lemmy says or how much Lemmy hates people, I’ll always think posting people’s info like that is uncool.

Doxxing is never cool, friend. And can get dbzer0 into some uncomfortable legal noise.

When you gonna post your manifesto, friend?

Bruh, what the fuck? YDI

I’ve definitely been scanning the news lately, and totally expecting to see something like, “And he released his manifesto to a little-known social forum called Lemmy…” about one of you guys.

If I were a new up and coming law enforcment agent, I’d totally be checking out Lemmy. lol

If you wanna go extreme and shit, cool, but do it somewhere else, please. Lemmy ain’t a safe place for you to be doxxing people. If dbzer0 gets shut down because of people like you doing shit like this, imma be pissed.

What the fuck were you thinking and what was your end goal here?

I still stand by the fact that I think extremism on both sides of the duo-centric political spectrum erode free thought and free speech. I’ve always believed, and said, that Lemmy should be open to a diversity of opinion, even conservatives. Even if I don’t agree with everything they say, I see no reason that people shouldn’t be allowed to post their articles.

I’m a libertarian socialist, as I’ve said many times, and I’ve posted far more links to socialist, anarchist, and libertarian articles than to conservative ones. I haven’t written any conservative articles, I’ve only shared links

But I have written original socialist content.

So again, if the logic is that I’m a conservative simply because I’ve posted links to conservative viewpoints, then shouldn’t that same logic apply to the hundreds of socialist and anarchist posts I’ve shared?

Not only have I linked to leftist content, I’ve also written original articles for Lemmy about socialism, supported digital piracy, and highlighted the work and biographies of lesser-known but respected socialists and anarchists.

If I were truly conservative, why would I put so much effort into promoting socialist and anarchist causes in a positive light?

The reality is that I see value in diversity of opinions. And I’m shocked that an educated audience like Lemmy’s are so opposed to that.

I do stand by my statements, that free speech and free thought are being eroded. Hence the reasons I’ve been banned on some instances. Hence the reason for my OP.

I don’t agree with every point in the article (I didn’t write it, nor am I the publisher, I just posted a link to the article), but I agree that extremism on both sides of the aisle are eroding free speech and free thought. I’ve always said that.

The mere fact that you seem to imply that it’s ok to ban me because I said that, kinda proves my point.

You link my alt accounts, but none of them got banned.

Because you rarely voice controversial opinions. Being neutral is safe. Having or even posting links to opinions that may not match most of Lemmy, is a really good way to get banned. As this section of this thread is showing.

But I was mostly showing all your alt accounts because people are quick to bring up that I have alt accounts, so I was showing that’s it’s not uncommon. And not a bad idea. Different instances are going down all over.

Holy shit, this thread. What the fuck is happening to Lemmy?! Shit is getting crazy. Now we even have extremist anti-AI people. Are they just looking for shit to be angry and extreme about?! What shit are they gonna be mad about, tomorrow?

I love AI. I get that some people don’t, but some of them are starting to become the fuckin Unabomber about it. lol

AI has made my life better and way more fun.

Stay mad, Luddites.

Agreed. Not only that, but any ‘investigation’ would be everything we already know. “Oh, Universal Monk posts a fuckton and some of his links are to news articles that annoy people. And he refuses to change his mind about shit. The fucker.”

Ok, cool!

I also posted socialist anarchist content in the past. And to copypasta what I said elsewhere in this thread: Using the logic a lot of people on Lemmy seem to apply: if I’m “conservative” just because I’ve posted links to conservative articles… then, by that same logic, shouldn’t I also be considered socialist and anarchist because I post so much socialist and anarchist content?

Not to mention I have posted way more socialist/anarchist content than links to conservative news articles.

The truth is, I’m not a fascist; I’m a narcissist. If I read something and think it’s interesting, I rush to Lemmy and post it, no matter the quality. :)

And I still don’t see what all the controversy is about. I post just about anything I read that I find interesting. Funny how everyone overlooks the hundreds of posts I’ve made about science, socialism, anarchism, third parties, college, education, math, and more. I’ve started conservative communities, mixed-politics communities, socialist communities, anarchist communities, death cult communities, writing communities—you name it. My other main account is @UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works.

Now, using the logic a lot of people on Lemmy seem to apply: if Universal Monk is “conservative” just because I’ve posted links to conservative articles… then, by that same logic, shouldn’t I also be considered socialist and anarchist because I post so much socialist and anarchist content?

Also, if I were seriously trying to “ban evade,” would I really use my well-known and widely disliked username? Obviously not. I usually get banned right away anyway, as my history shows.

Posting links to news articles from across the political spectrum is not a good enough reason for the chaos my name seems to cause.

I’d love to see someone make a pie chart showing the ratio of my socialist, anarchist, and libertarian posts versus anything remotely conservative. You know why that’s hard? Because I’ve posted so much, and it covers so many topics, because I’m a human being with nuance.

Anyone who actually looks at my posting history would see that I lean libertarian-socialist, just like I’ve always said. The real issue is that Lemmy doesn’t like that I’ve never supported the two-party system. Not before the election or now. I never have, and I never will. I still stand by what I’ve said: Trump getting elected was the Democrats’ fault. They dropped the ball, and they deserved to lose. That’s been my view from the very beginning, and it hasn’t changed.

And if anyone has a problem with me posting a lot, or having more than one account on lemmy, then I invite them to check out:

@Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com

@Blaze@sopuli.xyz

@Blaze@lemmy.zip

@Blaze@feddit.org

@Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com

@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de

I regret nothing and I won’t change my posting habits. Thanks, friend!

Once we have our own piefed, that’s gonna be my new perma home! Can’t wait!

Most usually would usually note that with a generic “ban evasion,” which is often times incorrect as well, but that wasn’t used in this case. And would have taken the same amount of time to type as “Universal Monk.”

I’m working on transferring all my fiction writing to piefed, and since piefed.social doesn’t like me, I’ve started putting my writing on Feddit.online now. The admin there, @Jerry@feddit.online is awesome! I talked to him about me being there to make sure it was ok. He’s been super cool about everything. Great piefed instance and great admin. So at the end of the day, I’m fine with his piefed being the only piefed instance I’m on.

I just wish there were a way to transfer all my writing to my community on there without having to repost them, and bore Lemmy with seeing my stuff be posted all over again. :/

Just in case anyone out there thinks that I’m exaggerating about the venom spat towards me and some background of why piefed.social was so quick to ban me without looking at anything, this is from two days ago. Notice a different mod asked someone else to use their custom program to “investigate” me. It’s a public comment made 2 days ago, but I blurred names of poster and the mod since they aren’t part of my original complaint. I think this is allowed just for background of how far some Lemmy people go. If not I can delete, and I can also send the actual link (it’s a public comment) to mods.

I’d love to see the results of this “investigation!” lol

but yeah it must feel pretty wild to be internet infamous!

It is kinda weird. I tried to introduce my gf to Lemmy (she hated it), but as I was showing her around, she did a search for “Universal Monk” in the search bar. Obviously lots of results cuz lots of people hatin’ on me. The first thing she reads is a thread called, ‘I’m calling for the Fediverse to ban Universal Monk.’ Which is basically a post with over 300 comments of people saying the most ridiculous shit about me.

So she reads that and a bunch of other comments about me, and sees all my bans. She turns to me and says, “What the fuck?! You’re the most boring guy in the world. How is this possible?” lmao

We just have a different opinion. Mine, of course, is the right one, but that’s a different matter

Oh, man, I thought my opinion was the right one. Dammit!

Thanks, friend. :)

Oh, and I’m sorry in advance for the messages you’re probably about to get once people notice I’m still on your instance. Maybe they’ve calmed down by now though.

Right?! They don’t even give a real reason now. Just putting “Universal Monk” as the ban reason feels so lazy to me. And honestly, back before the election—when I was supposedly so controversial—nothing I said or posted even came close to the shit I see people saying on Lemmy now.

If anyone goes back and looks at my posts, where I supposedly caused all that “trouble,” it’s laughable compared to the hardcore stuff people say today. Like people were legit pissed that I liked the Green Party and then the Socialist party. People ended up writing programs to track me, asking for investigations into me (still happens, someone just asked a guy to write a Lemmy program to investigate me a few days ago), noting times I posted, telling me that I would die on the war front in Russia, saying that I was trying trying to destroy Lemmy, etc.

And look at Lemmy now, baby! lol

annndddd now he’s banned. I tried to warn him! lol

The sidebar does not mention any “Disengage” rule.

True, but that doesn’t change the facts I gave you, friend. Maybe the sidebar will be updated or something. Either way, I have seen people banned for going on after the word was dropped.

Listen, I know what it’s like to be piled up on. Trust me on this. For a long time, people accused me of being the most downvoted, most hated person on Lemmy (good times/glory days).

Some still think that. So I know what it’s like.

Sometimes when the crowd is chasing you with pitchforks, you gotta realize that you ain’t gonna win the fight and you just let it go. Doesn’t mean you leave Lemmy or anything, but sometimes it’s just not worth arguing about. So you move on, and find places on Lemmy that you do like, and carry on.

I was just banned from some place just yesterday because someone called me a troll who was banned from everywhere, and my exact reply was: “Nope. Still here.” Boom! Banned there now for ban evasion, tho I didn’t realize I had ever been banned from that comm before. lol

Meh, it is what it is. Lemmy ain’t that serious.

But like I said, I ain’t your boss. You do you. But if you keeping on going like this in this comm, you will def get banned from here. Maybe you care, maybe you don’t. I’m just giving you my opinion.