CLM - Clueless Mod. He had no idea what you actually meant.

trolls can create an impersonation account and act like an insane arsehole trolls can report that account as being an alt of universal monk

Yep! I'm pretty sure I've even wrote to admin of this instance to point out when someone started impersonating me. It got to be so many accounts that I stopped doing that though.

At peak UM hate, there were something like 45 instances with my name that were not me. Some guy hated me so much he'd make a list of all the instances, and post it to every conversation I was involved in. lol

Also saw a few fun ones like, "REALUniversalMonk" and "UniMonk" and "UniversalMonksHairyArse" or something like that, but those never lasted long because they'd just get banned immediately when they posted weird ass nazi shit anyway.

It's pretty much died down recently. Most people know I post just from this one, sh.itjust.works and piefed.feddit. This is my main one tho, because...pirates!

I was on slrpnk, but to your point, a mob campaign started, so the admin there gave me a heads up they were banning and deleting me. Even tho I had never posted anything political at all from that account. But he gave me time to switch everything over before he deleted all my stuff, so he's cool people.

To be honest, I'm surprised that admins even let my name be started on other instances now!

Lemmy.world will send notices but not all instances do.

Must be recent, when I was banned they didn't give me a notice. They eventually wrote an entire post about it, but never let me know directly.

That’s a major flaw in lemmy. No ban notifications.

Agreed!

the good thing is that their censorship results in free thinkers ending up here haha

great point! lol

Their complaint is you are really fucking slimy and your behavior is unacceptable.

Oh wow. Thank Satan you stepped in! I misunderstood. I thought for sure the poster was complimenting me and saying I was awesome. But I was wrong. So so wrong. You have straightened me out! Whew, close call.

I was this close to thinking that I was going to be winning a Pulitzer for my silly lil Lemmy post. Had the whole thing mapped out in my head: a teary segment on NPR, slow zoom on my keyboard, maybe even a gritty black-and-white Netflix doc called “Universal Monk: The Man Who Saved Lemmy.” Millions laughing, millions crying, all because I wrote a few spicy lines about piracy and plastic joysticks. Hero shit! For reals, I thought I was a fuckin' hero! A Lemmy hero!

But whew! Thanks to your comment, I’ve finally been yanked back to reality. No awards. No interviews. Just shame. Sweet, sweet shame.

I’ll start my redemption arc immediately! Gonna craft a cardboard sign that reads: “Thanks to Rom, I have seen the error of my shit post writing. I am bad. I am naughty. Shame on me.” I’ll wander the town square in sackcloth and GameStop receipts, begging forgiveness from every passing Lemmy mod.

Yes, clearly I must be punished. Corporal-style. Leather involved. Women with strap-ons and long nails. My hair needs to be pulled. I should be told I’m pathetic by someone with eyeliner sharp enough to cut glass. Spanking. Lots of spanking.

I deserve it. You deserve to witness it. And my half-bottle of expired Chinese knock-off Viagra deserves a purpose.

So, uh… when do we begin? Like, really soon, right?

RIght? And if they did it with the values of that HBO show, True Detective, or something cool like that. Miniseries with beginning, middle, and end. Fab.

Exactly! lmao

I have 0 subscriptions to anything digital.

I broke free of all digital subscriptions right before I posted that article. And in rest of my life, only things are like you said: utilities, health insurance, car insurance. That's all.

Oh and one other thing, that I actually agree with. A subscription-based college degree. But it's not so much subscription as it's a payment plan. Because once you pay full fixed amount, you're done with payments. And it's no loan, because if you drop out, you're done with payments. So I am getting my degree for $39 a month. :)

Thanks! I'm def gonna spend an afternoon going down this rabbit hole!

Ew.

Oh ok, thanks for pointing that out. I was confused too!