UniversalMonk, PapaSkwat, DonaldJMusk, TheSilentNickel, QuantumTickler, his communities are full of Astro turfing sock puppets.

EDIT: My list of sock puppets. I doubt it’s perfect and I may have picked up a few that weren’t him

Area15@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today
EndlessApollo@hilariouschaos.com
EndlessApollo@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org
KaratinBandit@feddit.uk
PapaSkwat@lemmings.world
PapaSkwat@lemmy.today
PhilipsHurtFeelings@crazypeople.online
QuantumTickle@maga.place
Rhoerii@lemy.lol
Snatchdaddy@hilariouschaos.com
TheSilentNickel@feddit.org
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf
donaldjmusk@maga.place
thesilentnickel@lemmy.today
thesilentnickel@lemmyusa.com
donaldjmusk@lemmyusa.com
quantumtickler@hilariouschaos.com
quantumtickler@feddit.org
quantumtickler@lemmy.myserv.one

To the mods of this comm, I understand this isn’t a post complaining about a mod action taken against me. It’s hardly even a complaint against a mod, although he does mod a handful of communities. I know it’s a hard-to-prove personal message that the accused will deny sending or say was a joke he told a troll, his word vs mine. But this is beyond the usual actions mods take. This is abuse of the fediverse, harrassment, ban evasion, and vote manipulation.

I believe the situation to be self evident even without this message that the users who frequent DonaldJMusk’s comms are primarily him with a new username on a new server and they’re leaking out into other communities with ill intent.

If action is to be taken against this post, I ask that it be locked and not deleted.

  • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
    193·
    2 days ago

    Cm0002 isn’t doing it to astroturf though, although a lot of people do mind.

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      104·
      2 days ago

      It’s spammy, doesn’t credit the OPs, looks a lot like astroturfing, and is plain wrong, but since it’s against the original instances, it’s not only tolerated, but encouraged and applauded.

      And imo that’s what karma is, thinking it’s somehow different when I or someone I like does it against someone I don’t like, kind of like certain treaties and other interstate agreements. And then people marvel the world is gone to rubbish, or complain when it’s done to them.

      • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
        91·
        2 days ago

        I’ve seen a lot of people complain about it. But regardless of your position, this particular situation is worse. This is someone essentially admitting to astroturfing.

          • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
            103·
            2 days ago

            Yes, I do view this as different. If specific servers want to ban all cm0002’s on sight - that’s up to them. But I view this effort as much more damaging and damaging beyond being annoying to people on the Fediverse.

            • Maeve@kbin.earth
              66·
              2 days ago

              I view it as karma, the unlearned lesson, that led all of us, to borrow a biblical expression, that led to us having corrupt politicians.

              To explain: We were okay with Dems insider trading because “it was different,” and “not as bad as.” So corruption grew and we got what we got. And we will keep getting that until we hold ourselves and “our side” to the same standards we expect from others, from our plug on the corner to blowing up Venezuelan fishermen to combat drugs, but it’s really for oil and rare earths, or genociding Palestinians because Democrats wrong their hands while persuing genocidal policies through a state fighting proxy wars on our behalf because of our “interests in the area.”

              Because if we refuse to root it out of ourselves and “ours,” why on earth would “they and theirs” root it out in themselves, giving us an unfair advantage? Escalation continues, and we are seeing a very real chance of nuclear holocaust now, because it’s always different when it’s us, of the “us” saying so.

              And yet a few do hold ourselves and ours accountable. That’s why the troika isn’t engaging in cm002 tactics, and Iran didn’t obliterate an illegal state engaging in war crimes, including genocide, despite having the weapons and skill to anahilate everyone, disregarding women and children in the area, as Israel did to Palestine.

              But do you. And marvel how the world is now on the brink of MAD.

              • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
                31·
                2 days ago

                I didn’t say anyone should be “okay” with CM’s behaviour. People are welcome to make similar threads here, and petition other admins of instances.

                In any case, whatever hypocrisy here you say doesn’t matter. Whether or not CM is stopped or not wouldn’t stop DonaldJMusk from doing this. They are not connected. He wouldn’t see that CM is banned and think “Well gee, I won’t bother them!” That’s not how any of this works.

                • Maeve@kbin.earth
                  32·
                  2 days ago

                  That really isn’t the point, and you’ve made clear your stance, so I’m aware you have no intention of handling anything differently than you already don’t.

                  For anyone else with a modicum of integrity or more: To put it plainly, actions speak louder than words, and admins and mods can lead by example, supplementing with action, for repeated offenses. Not that they will, but they can.

                  Until then, we look forward having more shenanigans, from various users.

                  Edit: to the admin doing due diligence with everyone fairly, I just want to reiterate my appreciation and deep respect.

                  • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
                    31·
                    2 days ago

                    Sure, call out the hypocrisy if you like (although I would argue that the offences here are very different) but the karma you speak of doesn’t really exist.