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

submitted 3 years ago by TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago

Not having karma numbers is helping a lot here, so that might work. Also there should be X number of comments made before voting rights are obtained, because that is what is allowing these sockpuppets to act hideously, manipulating and derailing discussions.

Complex problems will start to arrive, as Lemmy becomes bigger. The concern here is also preventing Lemmy from becoming a cesspool, and to avoid what happened to me.

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