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.

  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
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    23 hours ago

    Absolutely correct. You also don’t have proof that I’m not a dog. You can still be reasonably confident that I’m a human, and talk accordingly, based on your best belief and understanding.

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        23 hours ago

        UniversalMonk you mean? Hm… maybe not. Mostly I just talk about his actions, and how they negatively impact everyone else on the network, and how it’s appropriate to react to his behaviors. I do think about his motivations, and my read on him and why he’s doing these things, but maybe it is out of line for me to be talking about his mental state when the truth is that I have no idea.

        I wasn’t intending to be putting him down, actually. More saying that in that aspect he is being real. I have some sympathy for him, and at least partly, I was trying to express that there. But you’re right, speculating about something like that when I really have not the slightest idea about it is maybe not an appropriate thing for me to do.