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Is it just me has there been a lot of Spam and abuse on Lemmy lately?

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  • Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]A Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]

    Recently one of the posts I made got a porn spam comment and I also saw a lot of porn spam in my instance's communites. Also just now I got an abusive DM telling me to kill myself and accusing me of being an astroturfer.

    Has anyone else experienced anything like that lately or is it just me?

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    frongt@lemmy.zip
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    #13

    Nope, haven't noticed. I do see a lot of spam removed whenever I look at the mod log though. Some level of spam is always to be expected.

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    • sundaymidnight@lemmy.worldS sundaymidnight@lemmy.world

      in Fediverse, the trolls are the reporters, blockers, indignant ones...

      "oh, you talked with ChatGPT" BLOCK

      "oh, you use cryptos" BLOCK

      "oh, you said that in left wing there are thieves" BLOCK

      "oh, you don't know what is queer" BLOCK

      (they said in from sites hosted in Google Cloud)

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      webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      wrote last edited by webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      #14

      This seems to be an unpopular opinion but i personally had someone block me for presumably being too friendly and sincere, after an initial comment where i had agreed with them and defended their downvoted comment.

      A second person blocked me after i pointed out that the person they where calling ai/a bot is in fact a well loved moderator of the community they tried to be a part of and they where simply misreading the room.

      I donโ€™t really mind that people remove themselves but it does worry me that tolerance of others have gotten so low that ideologically similar people will label each other enemies based on very basic misunderstandings of topics they agree about.

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      • Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]A Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]

        Recently one of the posts I made got a porn spam comment and I also saw a lot of porn spam in my instance's communites. Also just now I got an abusive DM telling me to kill myself and accusing me of being an astroturfer.

        Has anyone else experienced anything like that lately or is it just me?

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        zephorah@discuss.online
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        #15

        No. I blocked all the anime, furry, porn, and any aggressive subs that consistently read like screaming. If that matters, maybe do the same.

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        • Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]A Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]

          Recently one of the posts I made got a porn spam comment and I also saw a lot of porn spam in my instance's communites. Also just now I got an abusive DM telling me to kill myself and accusing me of being an astroturfer.

          Has anyone else experienced anything like that lately or is it just me?

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          HubertManne
          wrote last edited by
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          No but maybe you tell me where all this porn spam is active so I can stay away from it.

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          • AxolotlA Axolotl

            I only had a DM once but never happened again,, maybe a troll targeted you?
            The dm, btw

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            HubertManne
            wrote last edited by
            #17

            this is hilarious.

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            • S savethetuahawk@lemmy.ca

              That all internet and social media

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              HubertManne
              wrote last edited by
              #18

              yeah I think that is a big thing people have to keep in mind with the internet. I try my best to love you all but I don't make decisions with what I "learn" from hanging it out internet spaces. I sometimes laugh at myself when I get to upset by something.

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              • sundaymidnight@lemmy.worldS sundaymidnight@lemmy.world

                in Fediverse, the trolls are the reporters, blockers, indignant ones...

                "oh, you talked with ChatGPT" BLOCK

                "oh, you use cryptos" BLOCK

                "oh, you said that in left wing there are thieves" BLOCK

                "oh, you don't know what is queer" BLOCK

                (they said in from sites hosted in Google Cloud)

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                HubertManne
                wrote last edited by
                #19

                oooh. im a big block proponent so you know if you can't be a troll you can be a troll supporter. oh um. mmmm. I guess that only works with athletics.

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                • Z zephorah@discuss.online

                  No. I blocked all the anime, furry, porn, and any aggressive subs that consistently read like screaming. If that matters, maybe do the same.

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                  ORbituary
                  wrote last edited by
                  #20

                  Same. A new one sneaks up on me like Aquaman sometimes, but I kill it with fire.

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                  • H HubertManne

                    No but maybe you tell me where all this porn spam is active so I can stay away from it.

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                    Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]
                    wrote last edited by
                    #21

                    It came from an instance called chatgptjailbreak.tech. Seems like my instance defederated them.

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                    • Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]A Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]

                      Recently one of the posts I made got a porn spam comment and I also saw a lot of porn spam in my instance's communites. Also just now I got an abusive DM telling me to kill myself and accusing me of being an astroturfer.

                      Has anyone else experienced anything like that lately or is it just me?

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                      Petersson
                      wrote last edited by
                      #22

                      Nothing since Nicole for me.

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                      • sundaymidnight@lemmy.worldS sundaymidnight@lemmy.world

                        Friend, with all due respect, there are some people here who belong in a hospital. Mental illness.

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                        muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
                        wrote last edited by
                        #23

                        A sizeable chunk of us were banned from Reddit. Iโ€™m convinced some of those bans were justified.

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                        • Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]A Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]

                          It came from an instance called chatgptjailbreak.tech. Seems like my instance defederated them.

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                          HubertManne
                          wrote last edited by
                          #24

                          yeah it was just a joke comment.

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                          • AxolotlA Axolotl

                            I only had a DM once but never happened again,, maybe a troll targeted you?
                            The dm, btw

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                            Flax
                            wrote last edited by
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                            That's quite funny

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                            • A ageedizzle

                              Try piefed, one of its main draws is that it has more tools to deal with spam

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                              asrielthewanderer@lemmy.ml
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                              #26

                              Thank you, will look into that.

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                              • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksM muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works

                                A sizeable chunk of us were banned from Reddit. Iโ€™m convinced some of those bans were justified.

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                                ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿ›Ž
                                wrote last edited by
                                #27

                                We're the internet's Australia

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                                • Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]A Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]

                                  Recently one of the posts I made got a porn spam comment and I also saw a lot of porn spam in my instance's communites. Also just now I got an abusive DM telling me to kill myself and accusing me of being an astroturfer.

                                  Has anyone else experienced anything like that lately or is it just me?

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                                  atrielienz@lemmy.world
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #28

                                  I think this may depend on the instance you're on. The "trans" spam bot hit up my sister's account but she's on fedia/mbin. I haven't noticed the other abuses per se to be like. Rampant or anything.

                                  But I also don't check DM's.

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                                  • PeterssonP Petersson

                                    Nothing since Nicole for me.

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                                    Mike
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #29

                                    Same. Its been pretty great!

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                                    • A asrielthewanderer@lemmy.ml

                                      I saw it earlier. Also got spammed by an asshole telling me to kill myself. Lemmy is going to shit these days. I'm thinking about going back to Reddit, or digg. At least they don't have shit like this there. Spam like this gets squashed quickly there. /s

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                                      Diva (she/her)
                                      wrote last edited by diva@lemmy.ml
                                      #30

                                      just as an FYI, it looks like you've been getting targted for abuse by a feddit.org admin, saying you're the same person for upvoting the thread about feddit.org being zionist

                                      edit, as the admin in question replied to me and is banned, so I can't respond otherwise:

                                      @Emopunker@feddit.org, the MeanwhileonGrad comm is a cesspool, you posted there in a thread complaining about your instance getting defederated for its rampant zionism. You used your ability as an admin to view the votes on that thread and complained about users who upvoted the thread.

                                      "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"

                                      They then started getting DM harassment, along with other people who have been vocally anti-zionist lately.

                                      Nobody said it's literally you doing it, however it is you who are the one fanning the flames.

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                                      • Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]A Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]

                                        Recently one of the posts I made got a porn spam comment and I also saw a lot of porn spam in my instance's communites. Also just now I got an abusive DM telling me to kill myself and accusing me of being an astroturfer.

                                        Has anyone else experienced anything like that lately or is it just me?

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                                        Diva (she/her)
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #31

                                        it looks like you've been getting targeted for abuse by a feddit.org admin, saying you're the same person for upvoting the db0 thread about feddit.org being zionist

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                                        • H HubertManne

                                          yeah I think that is a big thing people have to keep in mind with the internet. I try my best to love you all but I don't make decisions with what I "learn" from hanging it out internet spaces. I sometimes laugh at myself when I get to upset by something.

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                                          veee
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                                          Whenever Iโ€™m in too deep in an online argument Iโ€™m comforted by the wise words of one Rick Sanchez:

                                          โ€œYour boos mean nothing, Iโ€™ve seen what makes you cheer.โ€

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