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How should admins, mods and users deal with sockpuppet harassers and downvoters? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I assisted admins, caught and got banned over the past week a user noobda, who created accounts noobde, noobdaREBRN and now noobrao.

A few hours later now, I see 3-4 downvotes on every single comment of mine in the past week, and have gotten repeated death threats in PMs, likely by this very person.

Is an IP address or IP range ban a good solution, that admins should consider implementing besides report option?

I feel incredibly harassed here at Lemmy, though nothing common, where reddit users have abuse reported me to seek suicide prevention helpline, among many things.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Just a crazy idea, but why not make lemmy invite-only like lobsters so if someone repeatedly does harm we can disable invitations for the inviter? Everyone on lemmy would be able to invite after one month (or so) if you have at least X karma.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

we decided against doing IP bans because it could keep users who use VPNs from logging in, since VPN IPs aren't always unique. I just banned this person for being a troll, but I'm not entirely sure if they're banned from the main branch or just Lemmygrad. I banned this person before for commenting a death threat on a main branch post. I don't remember how to do @s, but it might be worth getting the attention of one of the main branch admins for this.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 years ago

They can definitely help, ask them.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

You can’t deal with the internet, just don’t use it