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Some guy I've never spoken to sent me a message threatening that he would never speak to me again and that he would excommunicate me from his dull and unpopular subreddit. (media.freespeechextremist.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org to c/modabuse@lemmy.sdf.org
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https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/42712477/22936485

@atomicpoet@piefed.social

@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org

This friendly warning really has me rattled. He primarily talks about the fediverse. If he never talks to me again, it would be really bad. Unless I can find a way to make amends for my wrongs, I'll have to face the consequences. What do I do?

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

We don't call them subreddits here man

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

you're saying I'm receiving this message because you find the word "subreddit" to be offensive?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What message? Who are you? You arent the OP so I don't know why on Earth you would think anything's directed at you. Unless you are him and this is your alt account that you forgot to log out of...

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

it was a joke. it's a reference to the post this thread is about.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ha ha he even downvoted you (I rectified). What a humourless person.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

thank you, that's kind - but I will say one of the reasons I prefer this place to r@?!&t is that the voting system has virtually no impact beyond comment order.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

...sure.

[–] qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Subreddit.

[–] Mamdani_Da_Savior@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

if the shoe fits, the shoe fits

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I got one and reported it as spam or abuse.

DMs from a fucking downvote.

[–] qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bro.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 15 points 3 days ago

Easy there.

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I just saw a different post about that exact same user harassing someone else...

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 days ago

Yeh, this is this guys MO, he has a post on yepowertrippinbastards recently and lost his shit there too.

Guys a dick.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That is just bonkers.If you don't like it, you don't like it, but that's not someone else's problem. I had a young female co-worker for a while. Who came from a large female dominated family. Starting stories with girl this or girl that. I wasn't a girl, it didn't hurt my feelings. I always enjoyed talking with her.

Hell I'm from Missouri, where people have been known to use the word dude like they were smurfs.

[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

Bro.

[–] webadict@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

It's the same fucking guy who was abusing their mod powers before doing it again. They were banning people for "brigading" last week when called out for mod abuse.

So, I guess "brogading" will be a bannable offense now.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago

This is the second post I've seen about that. I'm starting to wonder if I should go downvote it as an experiment.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The only proper reply to that is "bro".

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm doing my part.

[–] qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 3 days ago

Bro.

[–] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tell him to lick the sweat from your balls.

[–] qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bro.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

just report and block. dont respond.

[–] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

me or the mod?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

i was referring to OP, should block someone that was harrassing him.

[–] Microw@piefed.zip 12 points 3 days ago

Isnt that exactly the point? It is an unpopular small community because it has a unique behaviour/conduct culture.

Just like Beehaw has a different culture from .world or .ml, this specific community has a unique culture and doesn't fit well with mainstream lemmy. That's atompoet's thing, if he wants it that way it is his community.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My favorite is when you, OP, banned me from c/news for posting a non-right leaning article. Bro.

[–] liuther9@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Typical right, double startups

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ok, bro.

[–] RaoulDuke85@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

TRIGGERED

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 9 points 3 days ago

You're receiving this message because I consider

Stop.

I don't know you, and I wouldn't tolerate this intrusion from someone in public, at my door, or in an email. What you chose to be offended by is irrelevant...

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago

Bruv

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A ban for voting in a certain way? WTF is this reddit?

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mods can't see votes on reddit afaik, otherwise I'm sure they would

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There was some reddit drama blow up a year or two ago where admins were banning if you upvoted people that used a banned word or phrase. I don't reddit anymore but I saw some posts here about it.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Fair point, that did happen and likely still does, I guess I was mostly just thinking about mods getting offended at people who downvote them and retaliating.

[–] Fourth@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Looooooooool

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Me too. Told him to go ahead and ban me then as I don’t want to engage with some exclusionist bullshit.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I got one too.

[–] Nataly@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Send him a picture of your third nipple.

[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't get it.

[–] qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I asked chat gpt for an infographic explainer.

[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 days ago

Oh ok, thanks! Thank god for gpts!