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Yep, I understand this. I mean, just look at how mean and hateful people in this community are. People are losing their minds this election. lol
: Hmm, how did politics get so broken?!
Stop responding. Downvote. Move on.
This you? https://lemmy.world/comment/12929208
Yes. This guy posts every 17 minutes on average, 24/7, to sway the election for Trump. Don’t feed him.
There's no real algorithm here - how are we "feeding" anything? Failure to check the pollution of shared communal spaces leads to tragedy of the commons and benefits nothing. It's why I also don't block them.
I've been online since the Usenet and BBS days, "don't feed the trolls" sounds great but never actually does anything except cede shared spaces to the trolls.
He provokes you, you respond, people respond to you, conversation is spurred in exactly the way UniversalMonk wants. You’re literally making his information warfare successful.
That's like saying you shouldn't call out antivax lies because it only attracts attention to them. Calling out BS doesn't make the BS more attractive or accepted.
Fair point.
Who's been actively trolling for two months?
Funny how some people automatically assume that posting stuff others don't like, is "trolling."
And then they wonder how did politics get so broken?! Thanks, friend! :)
Which of us has had comments and posts removed for trolling/lack of civility? Which of us has had a community ban for same? Or inappropriate DMs? I mean you've left quite the trail behind you.
And yet I'm still here. And still posting. And I've never been in trouble for, nor have I sent, inappropriate DM's.
LOTS of people in this community have had comments removed for trolling and lack of civility. In fact, many of the removed comments were against me.
Does that mean they are trolls too? Seems like if I were a real troll, then I would be permabanned from the community or the instance, but I guess the mods don't think that. So here I am.
You know why? Because I'm not a troll. Thank you! :)
And for the rest of it, a troll is someone who engages in trolling, e.g. concern trolling, lack of civility, sealioning, spam, violating community rules. So basically your entire resume as it were
lolololol I've never been to that community, never heard of it, and didn't even know about that ban until you just posted that graphic.
Actually sounds like the person who created that is trolling, is obsessed with me, and did all that just so they could drop that graphic and accuse me of trolling.
Funny how that works tho. Right?! A community I didn't even know existed, mysteriously bans me, doesn't even notify me, and all for some "unacceptable DM." Hmmm, now I wonder, what .ca user would have went to all that trouble?! Any ideas?!
Let me think, hmmmm, who would have done that? A .ca user... Who really really wants to win every argument... who could that be?! LMAO
And I'm still here, right now. Still posting. And still not going to that weird community you posted, not even to see what is. LMAO
Please post some more graphics that I'll laugh off and ignore. I know ya have some more! I love how you look around and go to all the trouble to do that thinking it's some big "gotcha" moment. When really it's laughable. :)
Thanks friend! :)
So now you're just going straight into full delusion? You did notice I'm on .ee and not .ca right? And with as fervently as you've linked to your mentions in the modlog, everyone is supposed to believe you weren't aware of a full community ban? (Btw, communities don't notify you of bans or any mod actions, so not even sure why you think that's a thing?)
I didn't say it was you. Why do you think that posting a pic of me being banned from a place I've never been to, and never even heard of, would be some big gotcha moment?! If I've never been there, why would I care about being banned from there? Why would anyone care?! lol
How would I be "aware" of that community ban, if I didn't even know they existed?! lmao Still no proof that I'm a troll. Because I'm not. Thanks friend! :)
Dude, it's listed in the modlog you refer to endlessly. So you'd be just as aware of it as you were of any of the others. Here, let me help - your community bans all in one place https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModBanFromCommunity&userId=9454261
Including the dubvee one a lot of people got despite never posting/commenting there and that you've talked about before.
And you implied that whoever caused the ban would be the same person who dropped a photo of it into the conversation. Not hard to see what you were saying. Or was that just more of your self-described "crappy writing"?
I don't care that it's in the modlog. I have never heard of the community, nor have I ever been there, nor do I care that I've been banned from there. Why would that matter to me at all?! And to your point, the dubvee community that lots people got banned rom despite never having heard of it. What would those bans matter at all?! lololol
It's hilarious to me that you think that stuff matters.
I'm still posting and I'll continue to post. Thanks, friend! :)
I mean, you obviously take pride in your acts of trolling despite disavowing that you're trolling. So that all tracks.
I never said it matters, I was just pointing to documented proof of your trolling behavior.
Inappropriate DMs and creating creepy cyberstalking communities where you write fan fiction about us all kind of seems to fit what the modlog describes.
What was the "inappropriate" DM? And what cyberstalking communities? And what fan fiction? Nothing that you're saying is correct. lolol
How would I take pride in trolling if I don't believe I'm trolling? I believe what post. And I post what I think is interesting. If you get mad about it, that's not my problem, friend. You don't have to read anything I post. At all. Thank you! :)
The one you got banned for. You'd know better than the rest of us. And you know what I'm talking about - your behavior is now getting creepy and weird.
"I believe what post" - yeah, bots are actually better at this than you are. Fewer spelling/grammar mistakes, that's for sure.
Um, the one I got banned for in a community I never visited and never even knew existed?! And I'm assuming the DM also doesn't exist. LMAO
Well at least you have finally admitted that I'm not a bot. See? I think we're starting to understand each other. Thank you! :)
Right. So the modlog is always right when it's convenient for you, but subject to shady shenanigans when it isn't? Interesting.
And please link to whenever I've called you a bot. Just one example. Someone who engages in trolling, spam, and dishonesty? Sure. But never said you were a bot. I understand you just fine.
Well if it's a modlog of a community I've never heard of, yeah, I'm gonna ignore those shenanigans.
And that's ok, I think the exact same things about you, as you think about me. I don't trust a single thing you say. Thank you! :)
So no link to where I called you a bot then? Just going to make up claims like you always do and then deflect when it comes time to prove it? Figured.
Sorry, I know you are really trying. But I don't trust anything you say or take anything you say seriously. Thank you, though! :)
Right, that's why we're this deep in a thread still talking. Come on - you said you were glad I finally admitted you weren't a bot, and I asked for a link of whenever I might have claimed you were one. Or are you just admitting to more lying and trolling now?
So you've never thought I was a bot? Yay! That's fun, right? Now we just got to get to you admitting I'm not a troll, and we'll be all set. Thank you! :)
You claimed that I did but could offer no proof. Not sure how lying is fun, at least for anyone but you I suppose.
As for the troll bit - you stop acting like one, and I'll consider it. Doesn't look very likely though. https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModRemoveComment&userId=9454261 I mean there's a clear and undeniable pattern of behavior, but if you're willing to turn over a new leaf, we can see what happens.
Those comment removals had nothing to do with trolling tho, they were removed for being off topic, as clearly labeled. And you conveniently left out the parts where the person I was replying to, had all of his comments removed for the same reason.
I love how you are so obsessed with me you do all these little searches and look up stuff. Like any of it matters to me. You take it all so seriously, and I don't take it seriously at all. lol
I think it's hilarious you are so obsessed with me. Keep doing your little searches. And I'll keep posting! Thank you! :)
I'm talking about the entire log - all the "spam", "civility", "sealioning", and "trolling". You do know how to scroll, correct?
No searching needed, it's all right there. And you're the creep writing fan fiction of your detractors. Now that's seriously messed up.
lolol Riiiightt, well, you keep trying. Nothing you're doing is changing my mind. I'm still here. And I'll keep posting. Thank you! :)
Is something in that brain of yours broken today? We weren't talking about changing your mind, we were talking about your long and well-documented history of trolling behavior. That ring any bells?
Also, did you just discover "lol" because you've been using it overtime all day. Something else to add in the creepy and weird column I suppose.