Is this an impersonation of @dessalines
Is this an impersonation of @dessalines
Hello !
I'm aware of the lemmy.ml @dessalines@lemmy.ml, and I'm not sure if this other other lemmy.tedomum.net @dessalines@lemmy.tedomum.net is just an impersonation through another instance.
Not sure, so asking...
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That account posting picture of naked people pooping?
I don't think it's lemmy's main dev...
More than thier posts, they seem to be offensively impersonating Lemmy's main dev, which is sad. I guess it's something federation allows...
It happened to me first, since I protect Lemmy from a lot of this troll crap. Example. As I started to make admins aware of the pattern, it started to happen to Agreeable, Dessalines, nutomic and few other users. During this time the 4Chan /pol/ mass brigading also happened, and the sign up form was made stricter since then.
I find it a bit strong to basically equate a liberal defending their liberal opinions using mainstream media sources with impersonators poblicly spamming defecation pictures ...
The person I explained in linked thread, before leaving, swore and said he will destroy Lemmy. Who knows which anon troll is soferman now, but some of these trolls have been really nasty towards this platform.
I've always thought the post to 4chan literally telling people to brigade us, followed by accounts trickling in that use almost the exact same MO (some combination of extreme porn, gore, Nazi propaganda, anti-Indian, anti-Jew, anti-Black, anti-LGBT) and how closely they seem to watch for new federated instances with open registration (Lemmy.ml is on what we call "open federation", so there isn't actually a comprehensive list of who we federate with that they can check for changes. Only the list of instances we block are manually configured.), and how several of these accounts pop up in quick succession before it all goes dormant for a while, all that's pretty suspect. The average 4chan troll would have gotten bored ages ago, especially once it became more difficult, especially especially once they stopped getting attention for it. The fact that it's persisted for this long definitely seems to be someone with a pretty strong grudge against us. I suspect they do this whenever they're bored or angry as some messed up coping mechanism/revenge plot, which is why it's so intermittent. Specifically Lemmy.ml because that's where almost all of the trolling is targeted.
Is it Soferman? I have no idea, they're not the only user who left (or usually, was forced to leave) less than amicably. China Number One, the user posing as a pro-PRC socialist but actually just posting racist, Chinese-supremicist BS that no actual socialist or anyone in the Chinese government would agree with is another candidate. Though at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter because we don't know who they are IRL anyway.
ChinaNumberOne was the same as SupportTransPeople later on. I cannot confirm if it is soferman or one of the banned persons, but it seems to be either the bored /pol/ trolls or someone actively holding a grudge.
I can usually identify these people with not much difficulty, and try to come up with ways on how platforms can become more resilient against this stuff. Against active moderation, trolls are powerless, so it will be fine. Signup form and slur filter seem to be working well, as those people automatically filter themselves out.