I got here in june, I was on the list and that was the first I’d heard of that guy. What’s his name again?
AdmiralPatrick
thank you but I was kind of being rhetorical. upvote for genuine helpfulness though!
I’m new too, also on the list. Guess cool kids now?
“I’ll write a whiny multipage diatribe to rage quit and insert a script to DDOS the instance that hurt my feelings. That’s the behaviour of a well adjusted adult that’s doing the right thing.”
The disturbing thing is that a LOT of people are like this. The older I get and the more I see of humanity the more it becomes clear most don’t mentally age past early teens and many who have big parts of them that don’t age past toddler behaviour.
Definitely the actions of a person who should be unquestioningly trusted to be the sole arbiter of determining what is fine and dandy and what goes too far on Lemmy. Totally not indicative of every legitimate concern that every single person opposing this brought up being accurate, surely not!
My favorite reply from him when I called him out in a different thread: “why can’t you just let people use their own computers how they choose”
I’m guessing he has never heard the wisdom of not throwing stones in a glass house. The cognitive dissonance is hilarious, though.
That dude is an unbearable cunt as a mod as well. I am absolutely not surprised for the fact that he is an unbearable cunt as a developer.
IIRC he banned people in all communities he moderated if he found someone that you broke a rule in only 1 community, idk what rules though
Most mods do that, though.
Really? That’s kinda messed up (unless it’s like, they ban someone homophobic or racist which then make sense)
Just how mods are. Every server’s got a few.
so he was basically crossbanning.
Yes, he does. And he is very flexible in his own interpretation of the rules. He’s the kind of power-tripper I hoped leaving behind on reddit.
Hopefully he won’t come back, though evidently he’s rage quit before and come back
New accounts probably already created.
You don’t leave them behind here; you manage their reach.
Yes, but I hoped that would make this right here so unattractive, they would fall behind.
ugh you’re giving me flashbacks of getting autobanned by a bot on one of the main leftist subreddits because I’d once posted in one of the right-wing subs (calling someone out on nazi bullshit).
It’s infinitely frustrating to see a community of people who mostly just want a socialized safety net, money out of politics, less inequality and less genocide, get run by exactly the sort of people who seem like they’d be perfectly happy implementing gulags and Stasi on the first day of the revolution.
Dont forget locking the post so no one can comment and call you out
Then coming back to argue on alts
Yo really, is he actually doing that?
Was as of a few hours ago, I haven’t been on since then
can someone link the lore
Oh, egads! My Fediverse is ruined!
But what if… I were to censor it, and disguise it as a server error?
Ohoho, delightfully devilish, Patrick
I like that we all know who you’re talking about without naming names
Honest question, has he tried to defend the DDOS attack? Can’t imagine how one would justify that
I haven’t seen him acknowledge it yet
he’s still around? which alt is he using right now?
I’m watching two users that have been defending him while skirting around the actual problems. Right now, I’m not fully sure if they are alts of his. They aren’t active at the same time, as in one stopped commenting a few hours ago and then the other started commenting, which I find suspicious.
They’ve been called out as possible alts in this post and another tesseract post in this community. Neither have responded to the accusations though, which I also find suspicious lol
And he’s still made recent comments on his Kirk account
I’ve just started using Patrick as an insult
If this person is using alts and still commenting then they really, really need to touch grass. Thats gona be a fairly unhealthy psychological behaviour.
Patrick if you read this please actually give yourself 48 hours offline. Disconnect and go have a cuppa with a friend or family member (or both). You don’t need to talk to then about any of this, the rest of the world doesn’t know or care anyway. :)
Don’t worry about this cesspit, we’ll all be here being our lovely toxic selves when you come back.
It was especially stupid when everyone already was scrutinizing his code. Like users found his secret block list that was better hidden than this, and didn’t think anyone would find the ddos code? What a freakin’ moron.
Frankly, my own block list is huge. Mostly keywords, very few users. I would recommend it to everyone. Any social media is unbearable without blocking shit out. Everyone should personalise blocklists to their tastes.
But you can’t make this decision for people. This is why I also don’t like that some instances defederate a lot of other instances they don’t like (and no one tells newbies). There’s a niche for pre-populated block lists that are available and curated and transparent (like for ad-blockers).
Yeah I think sharing them is a great idea as long as people can opt in or out. Respect people’s agency.
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oy vey-- I can be a real pill. but at least I can admit when I’m wrong. A lady/gentleman apologizes and exits stage left. One doesn’t simply ragequit with a side of DDoS!
in all my years of slashdotting, Stumbling, Farking, Digging, redditry, and Lemming, I’ve never known anyone to go down this hard nor this bitter. WHAT A CUNT!
This beloved character’s namesake deserved better
And to top it all off, startrek website is going to defederate from db0 for TOTALLY REAL REASONS that aren’t just being a salty little bitch. They just can’t show you proof, cuz it’s doxxing.
is it really website about trek, or is it twisted version of trek? like how LOTR has been twisted by a certain individual who is obsessed with it.
What does startrek website have to do with this though?
I’m fairly sure that’s his personal instance.
There’s not much in the way of sane reasons to go from inactive to suddenly having an admin call out censorship being the ‘last straw’ causing the defed and refusing to show proof because “doxxing”.
I thought its dubvee org? Startrek website was/is a legit instance, a shitty one but legit.
Everyone’s wrong sometimes that’s just the stale croutons in this human ceasar salad they call “life”. It takes a special kind of grit to be such a massive dog-rocket when your wrong tho
Takes a narcissist
puts “dog-rocket” in purse for later use
Be careful where you use that it may bring unwanted attention
Being wrong in good faith is okay. He definitely was not acting in good faith.
Get used to it.
Anyone with a Claude Code account can spew out a Lemmy (or any other service) client and make antisocial changes and dump it in the App Store. ✨
Easiest block of the day
I’m not defending the existence of the blocklist… but if you’re really that upset about it then I would suggest asking for a refund.
Hello Admiral. Why are you so scared of trans folk? Do they awaken uncomfortable feelings?
Best I can do is an upvote.
We did. That’s why there was a whole public meltdown including a number of alt accounts.
You another alt?
Did we really, though? Even the OP says they don’t actually care about the blocklist and are just piling on for the lulz.
Don’t put words in my mouth. I said, quote, that I wasn’t upset, after you made a comment implying I was and that I should seek out a refund – I don’t use the Tesseract frontend, and never have. That doesn’t mean I “don’t actually care” about someone trying to play Reddit admin and sneakily impose their will onto the rest of the fediverse.
If you want to make a stupid argument, that’s fine; but make it on your own, don’t rope me into it.
I wasn’t trying to misquote you, but you did imply that entertainment is your primary motivation.
Quote:
upset? heavens no, this is terrific free entertainment, this is hilarious to watch.
To me, this sounds like someone who is pouring gas on a fire just to watch it burn.
Well, today you learned that I can care about something stupid someone else did, and be entertained by how poorly they handled it, all at the same time. I’m glad I could help clarify things for you.
See, to me, you sound like an alt of AdmiralPatrick, or possibly one of his few remaining friends, and seem to be here exclusively to make passive aggressive comments at his detractors and/or run defense for him. I wonder why that would be…
upset? heavens no, this is terrific free entertainment, this is hilarious to watch.
Look where this user is based and how many comments they’re making defending AdmiralPatrick…
yeah I’ve sorta noticed
Good lord how many accounts does this person have?!
Oh. That’s kind of weird.
last I checked, I’m still allowed to be entertained by weird things on the internet. if you aren’t, I recommend a bit more whimsy in your life.
I have no authority over you. So it’s not really a question of me “allowing” you anything.
I have no authority over you.
Despite your efforts to the contrary, lol.
Yes, my super secret manipulation campaign which involves (checks notes) expressing my disapproval.
Weird is your bad take combined with your account instance. Tone deaf af.
I just think the reaction from fediverse users has been too harsh when you consider that Tesseract was free and open source software.
lol, this is another of his alts.
Sure looks like it. Crazy ass has what he calls a boner for us it seems.
If your free software is borderline malware (which it is because it’s intentionally depriving users access to certain information with a deliberate attempt hide that fact from the users) I think people have a right to be harsh.
If it is malware then harshness is justified, but I’d be willing to debate over the strict definition of malware and whether it technically applies here.
But I don’t think most of the harshness we’ve seen is actually borne of that kind of outrage. Even the OP of this meme says they are not upset and are having a wonderful time.
I never said it’s strictly malware, I said borderline malware. It can’t be strictly malware because most definitions of malware focus on the malware taking (some or full) control of the system or extracting valuable information, things that generally pose as a direct threat of damage to the end user or system.
But restricting user access to information without the user knowing information is being restricted and taking deliberate steps to hide this is being done in the first place is all malicious behavior. If you asked from a layman if this should be considered malware behavior or not most people would consider this malware behavior, hence borderline malware.
And I don’t see how it not being “strictly malware” would change anything. People are outraged by what it is doing and how it is doing it, not by whether it fits the strict definition of malware.
Oh hey, look who it is. The loser has another alt to try to pretend he has supporters.
But echo chambers are so comfortable and assuring for my weak persona.
hmmm, i wonder who left the one downvote
Tbh I accidentally downvote posts here on there with my fat thumbs on mobile. May not be malicious.
Any modo that can check 😁 ?
You can check, its all transparent. I just don’t remember how lol. If you search around you should be able to find it.
Isn’t startrek.website the tesseract guy’s own private instance?
One of the downvotes actually is from him, lol!
Wasn’t dubvee his instance?
Isn’t startrek.website the tesseract guy’s own private instance?
His own: Not that I’m aware of but I could be wrong. Private: No, there are a couple of thousand registered users.
that explains SO MUCH about that instance. lol
Doesn’t even need to be intentional. Voyager’s mouse gestures make leaving an accidental downvote while scrolling way too easy for example.
I’m constantly doing this on accident
Gotta increase your swipe distances (I assume, I exclusively use mobile)
