UniversalMonk

As for me not having receipts right now, I wasn't trying to prove anything. Just saying that it seems I have read things about slpnk not being as cool as it used to be. I mean, we are here talking about them in this comm because of it.

Others in this thread are saying that OP's situation was PTB as well, and based on the upvotes of my comments, I'm not the only one who thinks the slrpnk vibe seems to have changed lately.

I'm not a mod or admin who banned anyone in this thread, so no reason for me to have any receipts. I was just giving my personal opinion.

I'm glad OP's comment was restored.

I just find it strange, though. I fit your demographic pretty well (solar power, off-grid living, anti-authority, anti-capitalist, punk, etc.) and never broke any rules on your instance, yet it still became an issue to be "associated with" me. I even had a cool-ass banner solarpunk graphic for my banner that I made just for that instance!! lol

What about my behavior caused problems for you? I’ve been on dbzer0 (https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/UniversalMonk
) and sh.itjust.works (https://sh.itjust.works/u/UniversalMonk
) for almost a year with no issues. I haven’t changed anything about how I act, what I post, or my attitude, and they’ve had no problems with me at all.

Even the stuff I became “infamous” for on .world was mostly election related, because I voted 3rd party (Socialist). If I made those exact posts today, they probably wouldn't cause any stir at all.

So I’m honestly curious: why can I be fine on these two big instances with no issues, yet yours had a problem with me?

I don't want you to think I'm grilling you or taking anything away from OP.

But I just find the whole thing curious, especially since I fall into what seems like one of your core demographics. No biggie tho, I found my forever home with my dbzer0 crew here.

They banned me out of the blue, even though I’d been on their instance for a while without breaking any rules. The reason they gave me was a variation of "you are Universal Monk." That alone makes me think they’ve lost their way.

Add that to OP’s situation and other things I’ve come across before, (though I’ll admit I don’t have the receipts right now), and it really seems like they’ve gone off course. Just my opinion, of course.

I was on your instance for a good while and never broke any rules. The ban came out of nowhere and wasn’t even tied to anything recent. Because the only reason I ever got from you was, “because you’re Universal Monk.” So yeah, that’s classic PTB behavior.

I agree with OP that their situation also looks like a clear case of PTB.

(For the record, I’m much happier here anyway and have been welcomed by most of the dbzer0 community.)

I already joined and it’s awesome! Thanks for your work on this. And thanks to everyone else who worked on it!

PTB.

slrpnk seems to have lost it's way. It was cool at first, but I don't know what happened to them lately. They used to be cool and laid back. Now a lot of mods and admin over there have become PTB

He's persistent, so I gotta give him credit for that! lol

Ahhhh, ok, my bad. It seemed pretty pointed as written, and I wasn't sure where you were coming from.

All good, no worries. :)

Great points. Thanks for pointing that out.

What makes you think I voted Republican?

I voted Socialist. The article is from the Socialist Workers Party website.

Yep, I have been accused of being a Russian so much on Lemmy. I could never figure out why.

Then I realized that it's just what a lot of Lemmy's parrot when they disagree with someone. But for a long time I was totally confused. lol

Luigi was conservative? I haven't really been following the news about him, but I didn't know that fact.