I’m not a troll, I just call other people out for their BS.
I think most of lemmy.today is bad faith astroturfing.
This is not the first time !PapaSkwat@lemmy.today has preemptively banned me from a community I’m pretty sure I’ve never interacted with.
This is a warning for others. Do not assume posts on Lemmy.today are real or in good faith.
Here is a related post with similar circumstances.
Not sure if I’m allowed to post here to defend myself, so sorry if I’m breaking etiquette.
I will only respond to OP, regardless of other comments in this thread, so that it doesn’t look like I’m here to cause drama.I have responded others here now, becuase mods said it was ok to.First off, OP, you can ignore my reply from earlier today. I thought you were talking about a post I had just made in FuckCars, so if I seemed completely clueless, it’s because I was. I didn’t realize you were referring to a ban from my community. I didn’t know what you were talking about because the message seemed so random.
Now back to me banning you from my new community, it’s because you said this about me (https://infosec.pub/comment/22883460):
You said that in response to me posting this article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/
That isn’t a fascist article, and I don’t post fascist content.
You said my community is “anti-woke” whatever that means (it’s not, based on how I view that silly term), and you said it’s a fascist community. None of that is true.
Yes, I ban serial downvoters too and I realize this is controversial. Many people say that votes don’t even count and that I shouldn’t be a baby. If they don’t count, then why use them to come to my community and just downvote every single post?
That’s a hypothetical question, because I’m not sure if I’m allowed to respond to other people than OP. So I’m not ignoring anyone, I’m just not trying to break rules in this community.
I’m prebanned from plenty of communities that I’ve never posted in or interacted with too. So I’m not immune to this effect. I just start my own community to post content I feel should be out there.
I’m not wanting to kick a hornets nest here, just trying to clear up OP’s concerns.
Fuck me if you’re not the biggest loser on Lemmy.
I appreciate your interest and attention, but no thanks, I’m married. My partner would not approve.
You are saying you preemptively banned me for something I said about a different one of you terrible communities in a different community you don’t mod as justification?
Also, please do respond to others here.
Edit: This is not the first time you’ve banned me for no reason. And I stand behind my comments.
Yes. You publicly called me a fascist, called my community fascist, and told people not to interact with it. That seemed to be pretty clear to me how you intended to engage with communities I run, so I preemptively banned you. It wasn’t because you disagreed with me. It was because of how you chose to characterize me and my community.
I can accept being called an asshole or whatever, but I refuse to accept being called a fascist. Sorry, that’s a line I’m gonna have to draw.
You stated that you stand behind your statements. I can respect that. I stand behind mine too. If mods here tell me I can respond to other peoples comments here, I will, as long as the comments and questions are in good faith.
I called you and your communities fascist after you banned me and proved to me that you were in fact and often act in bad faith.
Everything you are saying continues to prove that to me.
Notice the timestamps.
If you think banning you from communities I run makes me a fascist, then I don’t know what to tell you. I respect you as a person, but it’s pretty clear to me that we have very different definitions of fascism, and we’re probably not going to agree on this. In my opinion, I’m a narcissistic ass, not a fascist. Big difference.
I think you are a fascist for banning me over anti-fascist statements, and for the things you’ve said and posted in other places in the Fediverse among your many alts.
This right here is an issue I have with you, and maybe explains your earlier bans that I handed out. I have never banned you for being anti-fascist. You just say shit like that about me, and I’m just not gonna be a part of that.
There’s no Lemmy rule against having accounts on multiple instances. It’s actually made for having multiples. I actually recommend having more than one account for privacy and shit.
I only have communities under this name though and have never encountered you anywhere else.
No clue where you are, but I live in the US, and I have very fucking serious concerns about expanding government surveillance. Instances go down. Accounts get compromised or snooped on. Governments collect data. I don’t think anyone should put their entire online identity behind one username on one server. The government is totally fucking watching this platform and all the ones where people speak out.
Fuck that shit, and I think anyone who exists on just one server is insane.
I’m glad to know that you disagree with fascism.
I do have my reasons for my opinion, but I am open minded and I know people change. However, I’m also cautious.
I’ll be keeping tabs to see if your actions correlate with your statements.
Cool, have at it.
Go for it, there’s no rule against it.
Got it. As for my hornet’s nest analogy, I have a feeling replying to everyone would just be like swinging wildly at the whole swarm. So I’ll pick and choose carefully and try not to turn this into an endless flamewar.