Fans of SDF
@[email protected], the user in question is @[email protected]. They created an NSFW community, didn't tag it as such, and have been spamming porn onto the server with missing NSFW tags. 99.9% chance it's the same bad actor who just got banned. Please ban them and maybe put a freeze on new accounts till we can add more admins willing to ban bad actors like this.
I would also be willing to volunteer as an admin for moderation purposes, if necessary.
Count me in as well. I know the spirit of SDF is being a truly public computer, but on such a public computer they have made this instance, which has been defamed. There are those of us that really believe in the the educational etc. benefits that the non-profit brings are worth more than the defamation that this instance may bring. To be clear, unpaid admins can have an incentive to go rogue. I would be willing to put in effort for very little, but still paid, which at least would publicly declare that I have incentive and encouragement to curate this instance in a way that the community will actually care about.
If they make the Instance SDF memeber-only that doesn't prevent people from joining or make it that less public. Anyone can become an SDF member, $1 or €5 to join is very reasonable and likely something anyone can afford if they want to, it's an inconvenience enough to deter spammers and assholes though.
I agree, they should freeze registration until they can get more people to volunteer to manage it, that is updates, maintenance, and especially moderation. I've never done maintenance or updates on a Lemmy server and I wouldn't trust myself with something so dangerous, but I have done moderation and I would be happy to volunteer to help out in any way I could.
Another thing that could help is to make the instance SDF member only, by requiring the use of SDF email, or having your account be managed by the maint command in the Shell login.
I do like the member only idea. At least it'll require that spammers donate before causing trouble and getting banned.
Seconded. There are other free instances they can use. And SDF already paywalls some services.
It'll also help with trolls for the same reason. It requires a level of dedication to join that most people won't have.
I think the correct term is spammed. We're being spammed by a single new user, who is presumably the recently banned nazi using an alt to throw a tantrum.
That's probably more accurate. I suppose "brigading" is more for a group effort
Ah, this post explains the long pause in my account getting approved. Glad you guys resolved it.
But now I can't spin up my PS31-C propaganda botnet!