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We need to do something about spam (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I think we need to add a couple more barriers to prevent spam. What about limiting posting to X amount of posts, or for new users or something?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

I try to be frequent with r/technology, and it receives a lot of spam too. I hope people are happy with what I am able to manage.

I have told devs plenty times to apply the limit for new users, as it can help fight a lot of spam. Even reddit has these measures.

It becomes even more important as that one person soferman came, because of whom I had to put myself on the frontlines, and they left saying they will work towards harming Lemmy. How are we going to fight these people with sockpuppets we cannot even identify, if they can exist as ghosts manipulating feeds, votes and content on Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Which specific limits would you apply on lemmy.ml, and for whom?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Remember the one GitHub page you made, listing the proposal for restrictions for new users? You made it after the episode happened where one troll was repeatedly making multiple accounts and harassing me, which you and dessalines banned upon knowing. I think that proposal wad great, we can of course tweak it a bit with community discussion post about it among regular members.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Sorry I dont remember, but it sounds similar to the limitations for new accounts which discourse has.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Ah thanks. Unfortunately @[email protected] says that he is strictly against this.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 years ago

I probably know what is going on in his head. But he has to understand that either of the restrictions or the report function has to exist. There has to be some pressure on development, if Lemmy has to become a great, successful platform and an example for Fediverse projects. It cannot stay a pool of 10k people forever.