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Why the down votes?
Turns out that I made some people mad (ok, really really mad) and they follow me around to downvote, regardless of subject. Then they post stats of how many downvotes I get. A post in this very community that was removed for it. Look at how obsessive this dude got listing every single thing I've said and done LMAO. That's some hate dedication: https://lemmy.world/modlog/2840?page=1&userId=1699372
Weird, I know. But it is what it is. They had a big "Fuck That Horrible Coward, Universal Monk" party when I got a two-week ban in a community (for posting duplicate article from different sources): https://lemmy.world/post/21115183
Not worth visiting the link unless you are really bored and want to see a very passionate crowd celebrating my demise. Just the usual boring "oh the guy's a troll since he's not voting with us. He's probably paid by Putin!! Send him to the hounds!!!" nonsense. :)
I advocated voting third party in the US election. Community NOT amused. To put it lightly! lol
So yeah, that's why when you see post from me, they'll be downvoted really fast. Those guys really really hold a grudge. But hey, at least this is only -6 right now. Usually, it gets to the -30's really fast, so maybe they are finally tired of following me around. lol
Dude, you got it for that AND a history of trolling, even just after coming off a previous temp ban for trolling. Quit lying.
Check the link. Mods said it was for duplicate article. They made a post about it and said it right there in the post!! Lol
How am I lying if I said what they said!? And it's a temporary ban. The link is right there, friend.
I know you're mad and want it to be a permaban for trolling. But it's not. Accept it. Lol
I'm still doing plenty of posting of articles that I find interesting, and I'll be back in that sub in 12 days, so don't worry, I'm not going anywhere.
Thanks, friend! :)
Yes, and it's clear that they wouldn't have done an outright temp ban for the length of time they did if you didn't already have the history you did. Quit painting this as "They couldn't handle me voicing my opinions" when it was entirely "This guy just won't stop trolling". No one really cares about your opinions, they cared about you trolling the community. You trying to make a martyr of yourself is ridiculous.
Dude, you're clearly being super unfair here. They are just posting articles, MAN!
UniversalMonk@lemmy.world "Socialist Mormon Satanist" stats pulled @ 10/24/2024, 2:38:45 PM EDT
Account created 77 days ago (8/8/2024, 9:21:38 PM EDT)
6,247 submissions (= 1,999 posts + 4,248 comments)
81.1 avg submissions / day
11.8 mins avg time between submissions (assuming 8 hrs of sleep / day)
91,184 downvotes accrued (0.19 u:d ratio)
~ 16 typed pages (3,819 words) written / day
~ 139 hrs commenting/posting in 77 days, which breaks down to:
None of this takes into account time reading others' posts/comments, or alts this user may have. See the modlog to see the communities they've been banned from.
Top 10 duplicate submissions (of 323 exact matches and 229 which are 70%+ similar)
26 x 'Agreed!'
26 x 'Thank you!'
23 x 'k'
20 x 'I don't know...'
14 x 'I don't have...'
14 x 'Friend, feel...'
12 x 'Right?'
11 x 'Every vote f...'
9 x 'What do you...'
Fetch user stats yourself with: https://codeberg.org/p00perNickel/lemmy-user-stats
It's clear that if they thought I was a troll worthy of a permaban, they would have permabanned me. But instead the temp banned me for posting duplicate articles. Just like the link said. And just like I said.
And since I'm not permabanned, I guess they don't think I'm the troll that you think. IN FACT, reading through those comments in that thread, one of the mods also mentioned that many of the comments that people considered me "trolling" where in fact, a result of other people trolling me. And there are STILL people getting comments removed for being uncivil towards me and I'm not even in that community right now! lmao
If I'm so bad, you could just block me. Instead, you are proving everything I said was right, and everyone here can see that. Thanks, friend! :)
Ah, tx.. and please don't vote 3rd party. Trump would be really bad for the whole world. So this is a time to solidly oppose him. The whole fascism thing would be bad if it happened in the US.
The poster is obnoxious, posted obvious flame bait and starts fights in the comments.
That’s why some people downvote them on sight.
I obviously read the comment or post and vote based on its merits but look at their bio if you’re interested in their views.