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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Astertheprince@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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[-] sundaymidnight@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago

A sizeable chunk of us were banned from Reddit. I’m convinced some of those bans were justified.

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

We're the internet's Australia

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

That all internet and social media

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Whenever I’m in too deep in an online argument I’m comforted by the wise words of one Rick Sanchez:

“Your boos mean nothing, I’ve seen what makes you cheer.”

[-] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You will never catch me!

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 28 points 1 month ago

Nothing since Nicole for me.

[-] michael@piefed.chrisco.me 5 points 1 month ago

Same. Its been pretty great!

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 4 points 1 month ago

Some women wanted to donate me her retirement savings so I open a homeless shelter in Germany but that's it.

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 12 points 1 month ago

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

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

this is hilarious.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

That's quite funny

[-] Salamence@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

Im not sure about the porn spam, but the abusive dm is probably from the Feddit.org admin acussing you of being an astrosurfer https://lemmy.zip/post/58901499/24578452 @Astertheprince@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago
[-] Astertheprince@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

Wow... that... I have no words for that. That is beyond despicable. I had a feeling things were bad when I saw the governance thread but that's way way worse than I thought.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah they're really showing true colors

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago

Exhibit what 200 of why that comm shouldn't be used by anyone and commentors there are immediately suspicious

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

If you have a bit of time, please collect evidence of when that targeting and harassment happens. I've already seen a few accounts using low-quality /c/MoG posts to try and demonize .ml, lemmygrad and hexbear so it's useful to have a post or posts to point to showing that it's a harassment circlejerk, not the credible spectators they pretend to be.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

The ones that need to hear it will ignore it or just say it's from ml so can be ignored :(

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I think this may depend on the instance you're on. The "trans" spam bot hit up my sister's account but she's on fedia/mbin. I haven't noticed the other abuses per se to be like. Rampant or anything.

But I also don't check DM's.

[-] Emopunker@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Going through all the reports is a pain in the ass today.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 6 points 1 month ago

No. I blocked all the anime, furry, porn, and any aggressive subs that consistently read like screaming. If that matters, maybe do the same.

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

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

[-] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Porn spam was coming from someone named Draconic_NEO (I think there is a legit account named @Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com) with many fake account

Active:

Banned:

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

My legit accounts are as follows:

Yes I know this is excessive and I created many of them either when I was less sure of the Fediverse or because I wanted some activity separation in who I follow or communities I'm part of. And also because of Federation issues as well. I also was kind of hoping Lemmy would have something in the future where accounts like this can be merged into a single nomadic account. I had heard of something like that but I can't find it now :/

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Now that is some enthusiasm for the fediverse.

[-] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks for information, sorry for this pathetic person. You didn't deserve this.

Lemmy instance admins please ban all other @Draconic_NEO @Draconic_NE0 @Draconic_MEO @Draconic_ME0 accounts in you instance

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Not spam per se, but there does seem to be a sharp uptick in brand new accounts making tons of posts and getting banned. It seems every day I see numerous posts made by users that are already banned by whatever community they posted in (by the time I see them.) Mods must be working overtime.

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I’ve been here for a couple of years now and have never gotten anything like that. I even occasionally ban people (which I can’t imagine they are too happy about). 🤷‍♂️

[-] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

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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[-] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 3 points 1 month ago

Seen two spam comments today.

I have everything sorted by new though and they were gone shortly after reporting.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

No but maybe you tell me where all this porn spam is active so I can stay away from it.

[-] Astertheprince@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

It came from an instance called chatgptjailbreak.tech. Seems like my instance defederated them.

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[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, they're 10 and learned reddit terms.

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