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Ban Reason: Universal Monk

So I started a piefed account, mostly for my writing so that dbzer0 (and Lemmy) wouldn’t have to put up with all my weird fiction stories all the time. Plus, I wanted to check out the biggest Piefed space, piefed.social, because I'm excited about some of the new concepts they are bringing to the table.

I created a writing community, a Socialist community, and a Green Party community there today.

Nothing outrageous or controversial. I posted one news article in each of the Socialist and Green Party communities, and a couple to my writing comm.

The Socialist and Writing communities were local only, so they wouldn’t even show up in the larger Fediverse. I only posted in my own communities. No controversy intended, none created.

I just got banned, almost immediately after starting the communities. The reason in the mod log says: "Universal Monk".

The admin, @rimu@piefed.social, hasn't replied to my DM asking why (yet). I guess being me is reason enough. I feel so famous! Or maybe infamous?

I'm still a libertarian socialist tho! Piefed.social and Lemmy ain't gonna change my mind.

Oh, I already know how the votes (down) here are gonna go! But doing my part in adding content to Lemmy anyway; being the change I wanna see. No regrets! :)

EDIT: I'm posting this here, and I've repeated it in this thread. Just in case piefed.social banned me on the assumption that I’m “conservative” because I’ve posted links to conservative news articles… then, by that same logic, shouldn’t I also be considered socialist and anarchist because I post so much socialist and anarchist content? I actually post way more socialist content than anything else. And there is nothing in my fiction writing that is conservative at all. My entire post history is public, it doesn't take much effort to see that I post practically anything I find interesting.

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  • Maybe I'm thinking of another user but don't you have many universalmonk accounts across many Lemmy instances? Is it possible another of your accounts was already banned? If that's the case then perhaps it could be seen as ban evasion if you post from another account.

    • Banned accounts

      Additional context: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49158164/20132454

      • And I still don’t see what all the controversy is about. I post just about anything I read that I find interesting. Funny how everyone overlooks the hundreds of posts I’ve made about science, socialism, anarchism, third parties, college, education, math, and more. I’ve started conservative communities, mixed-politics communities, socialist communities, anarchist communities, death cult communities, writing communities—you name it. My other main account is @UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works.

        Now, using the logic a lot of people on Lemmy seem to apply: if Universal Monk is “conservative” just because I've posted links to conservative articles... then, by that same logic, shouldn’t I also be considered socialist and anarchist because I post so much socialist and anarchist content?

        Also, if I were seriously trying to "ban evade," would I really use my well-known and widely disliked username? Obviously not. I usually get banned right away anyway, as my history shows.

        Posting links to news articles from across the political spectrum is not a good enough reason for the chaos my name seems to cause.

        I’d love to see someone make a pie chart showing the ratio of my socialist, anarchist, and libertarian posts versus anything remotely conservative. You know why that’s hard? Because I’ve posted so much, and it covers so many topics, because I’m a human being with nuance.

        Anyone who actually looks at my posting history would see that I lean libertarian-socialist, just like I’ve always said. The real issue is that Lemmy doesn’t like that I’ve never supported the two-party system. Not before the election or now. I never have, and I never will. I still stand by what I’ve said: Trump getting elected was the Democrats’ fault. They dropped the ball, and they deserved to lose. That’s been my view from the very beginning, and it hasn’t changed.

        And if anyone has a problem with me posting a lot, or having more than one account on lemmy, then I invite them to check out:

        @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com

        @Blaze@sopuli.xyz

        @Blaze@lemmy.zip

        @Blaze@feddit.org

        @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com

        @Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de

        I regret nothing and I won't change my posting habits. Thanks, friend!

        • From the article:

          Casey said: 'Free thought, which is actually unique to the West, that’s being washed away by cancel culture and political correctness and thought crimes.

          ‘Free thought is being washed away, followed by free speech.’

          --

          He’s right tho when it comes to free speech.

          https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/27847487?scrollToComments=true

          Do you still stand by those statements?

          You link my alt accounts, but none of them got banned.

          • I do stand by my statements, that free speech and free thought are being eroded. Hence the reasons I've been banned on some instances. Hence the reason for my OP.

            I don't agree with every point in the article (I didn't write it, nor am I the publisher, I just posted a link to the article), but I agree that extremism on both sides of the aisle are eroding free speech and free thought. I've always said that.

            The mere fact that you seem to imply that it's ok to ban me because I said that, kinda proves my point.

            You link my alt accounts, but none of them got banned.

            Because you rarely voice controversial opinions. Being neutral is safe. Having or even posting links to opinions that may not match most of Lemmy, is a really good way to get banned. As this section of this thread is showing.

            But I was mostly showing all your alt accounts because people are quick to bring up that I have alt accounts, so I was showing that's it's not uncommon. And not a bad idea. Different instances are going down all over.

    • Most usually would usually note that with a generic "ban evasion," which is often times incorrect as well, but that wasn't used in this case. And would have taken the same amount of time to type as "Universal Monk."

      I'm working on transferring all my fiction writing to piefed, and since piefed.social doesn't like me, I've started putting my writing on Feddit.online now. The admin there, @Jerry@feddit.online is awesome! I talked to him about me being there to make sure it was ok. He's been super cool about everything. Great piefed instance and great admin. So at the end of the day, I'm fine with his piefed being the only piefed instance I'm on.

      I just wish there were a way to transfer all my writing to my community on there without having to repost them, and bore Lemmy with seeing my stuff be posted all over again. :/

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