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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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I got one and reported it as spam or abuse.

DMs from a fucking downvote.

[–] qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bro.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 15 points 2 months ago

Easy there.

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 months 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 months 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 months ago

Bro.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm doing my part.

[–] qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 months ago

Bro.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only proper reply to that is "bro".

[–] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tell him to lick the sweat from your balls.

[–] qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bro.

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

just report and block. dont respond.

[–] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

me or the mod?

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

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

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ok, bro.

[–] RaoulDuke85@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

TRIGGERED

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

Typical right, double startups

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

Bruv

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

[–] Microw@piefed.zip 12 points 2 months 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.

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

We don't call them subreddits here man

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

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

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

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

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

...sure.

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

Subreddit.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Bro!

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

if the shoe fits, the shoe fits

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[–] webadict@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months 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.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 2 months 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...

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months 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 months 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.

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

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I got one too.

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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

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

Looooooooool

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

I don't get it.

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

I asked chat gpt for an infographic explainer.

[–] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

Oh ok, thanks! Thank god for gpts!

[–] Nataly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Send him a picture of your third nipple.