I'm naturally a huge yapper and use Lemmy almost like a public diary. That tends to spark a lot of discourse about me, which draws in a lot of toxicity. When it gets to be too much, I feel the need to delete everything, take a break, and start fresh. (For the record, I’ve never been banned, not even from a single community, let alone an instance, lol.)

Honest answer as someone who casually follows this? It's weird and I imagine there is a diagnosed or undiagnosed mental illness at play.

What they don't explain is why they need a "fresh start". Given that they don't change their habits or hide who they are, what's the point other than to re-flood people's timelines? If anything, each new attempt comes with a higher level of intentionally provocative posts. See this post for example: "yeah so I'm fucking a father and son at the same time y'all isn't that bold of me?!"

You'd think they don't want to hear from people who blocked them, but I think it's the opposite. They just enjoy fucking with people and then feigning innocence.