So, uhm, what the hell is going on with all these ad posts I’m seeing in this community?
Never have seen one so I’m guessing it’s not all that common
sort by new
Looks like they might be removed (except one). Sorting by new and looking for downvoted posts I just see the one ad and an article about string theory + AI (double whammy).
And just like that you’ve seen one. Now contact the prior dude on his trist welevision and let them know.
Yeah more just commenting on the moderation work :)
Guess he’ll never know then. What are they supposed to be a detective or something?
I was letting you know. It’s all good dude, the world isn’t going to end if he doesn’t read the full discussion.
“That’s a joke, I say that’s a joke son” - Foghorn Leghorn
(in case it really did whiz on by; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy_(character) https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/encyclopedia-terms/dick-tracy-watch-_dtwatch.fit_lim.size_640x.jpg
It makes me wonder if this place is getting bigger and more relevant, if it’s attracting interest from spammers.
Bots and lack of mods on different timezones most likely.
Would probably make sense to have an account age requirement and comment requirement before posting somehow.
I think this would be great to limit this. I really don’t understand people wanting to comment right away. I just lurked for like a month to get a feel before I decided to participate.
A brand new account doesn’t necessarily mean the user hasn’t been lurking for a while. I lurked on Reddit without an account for years before creating an account there, and during the Reddit drama last year, I lurked here and a few other places, but didn’t create an account anywhere until I actually wanted to participate.
I bet you will make one a day sooner if you know you won’t be able to post for day.
I guess a timezone difference too since I never see any ads.
account age requirement and comment requirement before posting
This can also be very unwelcoming to new users though. Reddit often feels like a closed place because so many subs have karma requirements. I’d prefer we didn’t go there.
We should rather stop allowing sign ups without an application. The captchas are not good enough.
This can also be very unwelcoming to new users though.
For like the first week of posting…
Then it’s never an issue again.
But it’s hard for trolls and bots to build that up for every account.
Theres been more than a few that just keep making new accounts on small instances the second they’re banned
It is an issue if you change instance, which you may do more often than creating new accounts on traditional social media. And again, I just find it kind of unwelcoming.
Maybe automatically creating a report to just check the post for spam when a new user posts would be nice? Then a mod can check it out but it’s not removed automatically or blocked.
It is an issue if you change instance
Again, only for like a week…
There’s no valid reason to keep constantly churning accounts.
Saw that too, it’s annoying. In a weird way, spam kinda legitimizes this platform as a Reddit alternative.
What do you mean? When I lurk here, I ignore the sites that Idk. I rely on sites that I know are legit like Verge, Techcrunch, Engadget, Cnbc, Bloomberg, Ars Technica and Electrek. The sites that Idk may be legit too but I don’t wanna spend much time researching the legitimacy.
No idea, but I notice it too
Just blocked and reported an account and the single shill-post it produced. Not sure what to do about it, maybe we need more mods
Whenever you see something like this, please just report the post as spam, block the user and petition your community moderators to recruit more mods, especially in other time zones.
Even better, volunteer as mod yourself.
Also please tell your admins to use an application rather than just the captcha - the captchas are easily broken.
We also need shareable blacklists if they federate as well then that would be ideal. Surly someone can write a community thats a bot that gives democracy to blocklists.
Not necessarily a bad idea, but most the spam I’ve seen is from new accounts on larger instances, so I’m not sure it’ll help with this.
Seems like a user pattern that should be fairly detectable. Might not be a bad idea to scrape logs to look for spammy/copypaste comments, particularly on very new accounts, and either flag them for manual review or just ban them outright.
If you have heard the term enshittification, then you know exactly what the hell is going on 🤷♂️ I don’t like it either, but it’s every social network, every time 🙄🤷♂️🙃
How could it be enshittification? The Lemmy operators have no profit motive here.
And what actual event are you basing this on in the first place, since we don’t know what OP is even talking about ?
First, you’re making assumptions about who’s doing what that are probably completely wrong.
Second, doesn’t sound like you understand what that word actually means. It doesn’t mean just “stuff gets worse eventually”.
Alwuys right replyguy go brrrrrrrr
Edit: reply-account with multiple days of edgelordy responses designed to get engagement, but kinda failing at it, go hurrrr
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Also failed to understand that those are
adspam posts, so they’re not from&for Lemmy operators, but sketchy medicines sellers, etc.
