Got banned from [email protected] for pointing out that it was a big reach to say that wind power is included in the term “solar energy”. The mod referenced a temp ban from two years ago? Tried to say I’ve got a “history” of trolling and harassment, as well that I “doxxed” user DMs which also happened two years ago. I even, at the time, talked with the mod involved and reposted that comment without the DM screenshots. Like I don’t have an entirely squeaky clean modlog but it’s only a single page over two years? What the fluff? Like it’s a two week ban and I could hardly care but jeeze this feels like overreach.
https://slrpnk.net/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=518329
PTB.
slrpnk seems to have lost it’s way. It was cool at first, but I don’t know what happened to them lately. They used to be cool and laid back. Now a lot of mods and admin over there have become PTB
I’ve never seen @[email protected] power tripping, what are you referring to?
They banned me out of the blue, even though I’d been on their instance for a while without breaking any rules. The reason they gave me was a variation of “you are Universal Monk.” That alone makes me think they’ve lost their way.
Add that to OP’s situation and other things I’ve come across before, (though I’ll admit I don’t have the receipts right now), and it really seems like they’ve gone off course. Just my opinion, of course.
They clarified their position in the comment below
The comment reported in this post has been restored
For someone complaining that they use “you are Universal Monk" to ban you, that seems a bit ironic to make such statements without anything to back it up.
As for me not having receipts right now, I wasn’t trying to prove anything. Just saying that it seems I have read things about slpnk not being as cool as it used to be. I mean, we are here talking about them in this comm because of it.
Others in this thread are saying that OP’s situation was PTB as well, and based on the upvotes of my comments, I’m not the only one who thinks the slrpnk vibe seems to have changed lately.
I’m not a mod or admin who banned anyone in this thread, so no reason for me to have any receipts. I was just giving my personal opinion.
I’m glad OP’s comment was restored.
Making this kind of statements without receipts tends to be called out, as it’s very easy to just claim anything about anyone.
How? I said I think that slrpnk has lost it’s way. That was my personal opinion.
Want a quick receipt? This very thread. Most people agreed with OP and felt it was PTB against a slrpnk mod.
The ban has been reverted
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/31484583
Stil no receipts about slrpnk regularly power tripping.
I’m glad the ban got reverted. But it wasn’t reversed until it was posted here. I don’t have to give receipts on my personal opinions since I didn’t start the thread.
Let’s move on to other things since the ban was reversed.
I am not the only admin on slrpnk 😅
But look at who you are replying again 🤷
Indeed, but I feel the same about @[email protected] and @[email protected]
I was on your instance for a good while and never broke any rules. The ban came out of nowhere and wasn’t even tied to anything recent. Because the only reason I ever got from you was, “because you’re Universal Monk.” So yeah, that’s classic PTB behavior.
I agree with OP that their situation also looks like a clear case of PTB.
(For the record, I’m much happier here anyway and have been welcomed by most of the dbzer0 community.)
It was a mistake to approve your application in the first place given how you behave with your other accounts. When we noticed that mistake we took a while to discuss this internally with the other admins and community mods and ultimatly decided that we prefer not to be associated with you.
I just find it strange, though. I fit your demographic pretty well (solar power, off-grid living, anti-authority, anti-capitalist, punk, etc.) and never broke any rules on your instance, yet it still became an issue to be “associated with” me. I even had a cool-ass banner solarpunk graphic for my banner that I made just for that instance!! lol
What about my behavior caused problems for you? I’ve been on dbzer0 (https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/UniversalMonk
) and sh.itjust.works (https://sh.itjust.works/u/UniversalMonk
) for almost a year with no issues. I haven’t changed anything about how I act, what I post, or my attitude, and they’ve had no problems with me at all.
Even the stuff I became “infamous” for on .world was mostly election related, because I voted 3rd party (Socialist). If I made those exact posts today, they probably wouldn’t cause any stir at all.
So I’m honestly curious: why can I be fine on these two big instances with no issues, yet yours had a problem with me?
I don’t want you to think I’m grilling you or taking anything away from OP.
But I just find the whole thing curious, especially since I fall into what seems like one of your core demographics. No biggie tho, I found my forever home with my dbzer0 crew here.
The primary reason we decided you weren’t a good fit for SLRPNK wasn’t your ideas, but your chronic pattern of toxic behavior in advocating them. Bad moderation is not the only method of censorship; online bullying can make people disengage from a conversation in spite of arguing good points. I suspect you feel your actions are justified, and people have definitely been toxic to you.
The demographic we value most is people who use de-escalation in conflict and good faith discussion as tools to create a better world. As an anarchist, I know firsthand that these tools become more difficult to wield the father you stand from the rightward-sliding political median. We didn’t enjoy reversing your membership, especially since you were transparent about your identity in your application, which I respect and appreciate. I also feel you used non-SLRPNK alts for most of your fights, which is still inappropriate, but kind of a compliment. I’m happy you’ve found a home where you feel you belong.
Ok, that makes more sense. Obviously I, and the admin of this instance and other instances I’m on, don’t feel I’m toxic, but you are certainly welcome to think that.
Agreed. And people bullied me a lot and told me to leave Lemmy. I stood up to them and didn’t back down. So yeah, as a result, I can totally agree that I’m not great at de-escalating arguments. I give as much as I get. Which I feel has me wrongly labeled as a troll, but meh, if someone starts something with me, I don’t back off. But you have a valid point.
Just to be clear: I’m not rightward politics. I’m a socialist. Voted socialist. (Which by the way is what caused all the controversy, because I voted 3rd party in the election) I also created and I mod socialist communities, and I’ve the majority of my posts are pro-socialist and pro third-party articles.
Thank you. My “alts” aren’t really alts as for ban evasion. I use my same name on all my instances. So ban evasion isn’t really a goal since I don’t hide my identity. If I truly wanted to ban evade and have an alt, I’d just come up with a different user name and sign up wherever I wanted.
But there have been multiple times when someone signed up in bad faith, using my name to create drama, and I’ve written to plenty of admins to let them know it wasn’t me and asked them to delete those accounts. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. I have no control over that.
But I DO appreciate your explanation, so thank you for going into details. Even tho I don’t agree with some of your points, at least now I understand where you are coming from.
I respect you for not ignoring my questions or my gripes.
So thank you and best of luck to your instance. I still love the idea of your instance, even tho I’m no longer a part of it.
You got banned for ban evasion on several communities and instances
I meant, no issues as in no issues causing trouble for my instance. The admins of the instances I’m on had no issues with me.
Also, I didn’t even post in most of those subs that were banning me. Please point out something that you thought was troubling and ban-worthy.
I loved the reason was: known zero-sum narcisstic troll/spam user. I added that to my user profile description. I’m not smart enough to know what it means, but it sounds badass!! LMAO
Lemmy is still way pissed that I voted for third party in the election. :)
It’s the nature of mods. Its kinda their whole deal. They get increasingly unhinged as cop brain takes over (because all mods are cops).
They just turn into unhinged little punishment mschines, and if theres nothing to punish for real they make shit up. Not out of spite, but to self-mythologize. You’re barely even in the picture.