I have not noticed many spammers here on kbin. But, when I do, the way I handle it is:
- Reduce/Report.
- Do I see the same user posting spam, block user.
- Does it seem to come from the same domain, block domain.
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Hey, I addressed this in my previous post. I'm dealing with the issue, but it will take a bit more time. Please have a little more patience.
https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/465872/Spam-from-unmoderated-communities-magazines#entry-comment-2427760
Great minds think alike, this is basically my exact strategy.
Even if the mods on kbin take action, those mod actions don't federate to Lemmy, and the spam just piles up. I know several instance admins, including myself, who are getting fed up with it and discussing defederation.
Which sucks because most kbin users are fine, but the spam cleanup is a lot of work.
Oof. That sucks. Thanks for mentioning it. Maybe I can start helping on the project at some point. I really want to but I‘m a bit busy atm.
I am no longer reporting them and just block them.
Well I report every single one of them so I suppose it balances out
That sounds pretty bad. Maybe we need more mods and admins?
Be the change you want to see. Volunteer to moderate.
i'd also noticed this but i'm honestly not sure what can be done. i'd just unsubscribed since i figured this place was fully taken over.
Thanks for confirming. I‘m also unsubbing from all kbin communities since this stuff is still going.
I think you see something different on [email protected] than what kbin users see on [email protected].
I go to https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/[email protected]?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New, sorted by newest, and I see a lot of "ImNotBobDylan" clones spamming garbage links.
I go to https://kbin.social/m/tech/newest and I don't see any BobDylans.
I go to https://discuss.tchncs.de/u/[email protected] and I see 3 spam posts.
I go to https://kbin.social/u/ImNotBobDylan1 and I see a 404 page. That user does not exist at kbin.social.
So, whatever is happening, I'm not sure kbin is the source of the problem. If it was, certainly we would see this user as well, right? I mean, it would at least explain why nobody is acting here... we can't physically see the problem lol.
Positively baffling. Someone else commented that mods are removing these bot posts but lemmy federation does not get removed due to a bug. Not sure if thats the case but it would fit your explanation.
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u mean the posting bots ? some are actually useful. lemm.it bot can be a pain sometimes thou :/
Can you share what you’re seeing, so the rest of can take a look?
I put them in the original post. Thanks for answering.
Huh, I’m not seeing them. Wonder what I’m doing wrong.
Well, nothing I assume. Be happy they don’t show for you. :)