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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 This user is from outside of this forum
    Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]A This user is from outside of this forum
    Prince Aster [He/They/Zir]
    wrote last edited by astertheprince@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    #1

    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?

    S FriendOfDeSotoF sundaymidnight@lemmy.worldS A Komodo RodeoT 17 Replies Last reply
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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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      slazer2au
      wrote last edited by
      #2

      Today sure has one with a tool bag posing anti trans stuff and non tagged nsfw posts.

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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?

        FriendOfDeSotoF This user is from outside of this forum
        FriendOfDeSotoF This user is from outside of this forum
        FriendOfDeSoto
        wrote last edited by
        #3

        It happens. A very highly intelligent user will occasionally post something in a lot of communities and gets a rise out of downvotes, annoyed comments, and blocks. It's annoying but that is often the nature of the internet. Report, block, and move on.

        It's only the very highly intelligent users who do this. So it doesn't happen a lot.

        Don't engage with anybody you don't know well on DMs. And if some other very highly intelligent person goes to the effort of sending you abuse via DM, take pride that you really got under their skin. Ignore it if you can.

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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?

          sundaymidnight@lemmy.worldS This user is from outside of this forum
          sundaymidnight@lemmy.worldS This user is from outside of this forum
          sundaymidnight@lemmy.world
          wrote last edited by sundaymidnight@lemmy.world
          #4

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

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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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            asrielthewanderer@lemmy.ml
            wrote last edited by asrielthewanderer@lemmy.ml
            #5

            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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            • 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?

              Komodo RodeoT This user is from outside of this forum
              Komodo RodeoT This user is from outside of this forum
              Komodo Rodeo
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              #6

              Not seeing it out here in the .world instance, but then again I'm not engaging with trans, autism, or furry communities as much as I think that you are. Sounds as though you've caught a homophobe troll's attention, owing to the KYS & astroturfing DM, and false reporting. Bounce this upstairs to your instance's mods, and let others know who they are.

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              • FriendOfDeSotoF FriendOfDeSoto

                It happens. A very highly intelligent user will occasionally post something in a lot of communities and gets a rise out of downvotes, annoyed comments, and blocks. It's annoying but that is often the nature of the internet. Report, block, and move on.

                It's only the very highly intelligent users who do this. So it doesn't happen a lot.

                Don't engage with anybody you don't know well on DMs. And if some other very highly intelligent person goes to the effort of sending you abuse via DM, take pride that you really got under their skin. Ignore it if you can.

                sundaymidnight@lemmy.worldS This user is from outside of this forum
                sundaymidnight@lemmy.worldS This user is from outside of this forum
                sundaymidnight@lemmy.world
                wrote last edited by sundaymidnight@lemmy.world
                #7

                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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                • 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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                  savethetuahawk@lemmy.ca
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                  #8

                  That all internet and social media

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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?

                    AxolotlA This user is from outside of this forum
                    AxolotlA This user is from outside of this forum
                    Axolotl
                    wrote last edited by
                    #9

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

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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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                      ThisUsernameKillsFascists
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                      #10

                      You forgot the /s

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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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                        ageedizzle
                        wrote last edited by
                        #11

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

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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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                          Skavau
                          wrote last edited by
                          #12

                          At least they don’t have shit like this there. Spam like this gets squashed quickly there.

                          lol

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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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                            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 don’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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                                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
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                                  #16

                                  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
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                                    #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
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                                          #20

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

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