Hi all. I am going to implement a block for sh.itjust.works. I am going to need years of therapy from all the nasty crap coming from that instance.

  • Attempted_Render@infosec.pubEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    As someone who signed up for this instance based on its minimal blocked list, I’d like to know more. Was this targeted harassment by multiple users, bots, or something else?

    • sfcl33t@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      1 year ago

      Swarms of either bots or a dedicated person with multiple accounts posting scat gifs everywhere.

      • Chetzemoka@kbin.social
        14·
        1 year ago

        The same kind of account showed up spamming Kbin.social yesterday and admin got it blocked pretty quickly. I haven’t seen anything like that so far today. Hopefully it’s one dedicated troll and sh.itjust.works can get rid of them soon

        • garrett@infosec.pubEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          From what I’ve seen so far, they seem to have a consistent issue with moderation. Hopefully, they can start running a tighter ship, catching what’s clearly against their own stated rules rather than putting the onus on remote instances. Probably also something to say about Lemmy improving its moderation tools as well.

  • bulwark@infosec.pubEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I respect and understand your decision, I’ve personally had to block a few communities from that instance due to their problematic content.

    For the sake of transparency (which I feel have been the spirit of this instance so far), could you give us some examples that led up to this decision?

  • xor@infosec.pub
    2·
    7 months ago

    block hexbear while you’re at it…
    it’s 99.9% concern trolls pretending to be ultra communist…
    e.g. they like to talk about how great North Korea is… even though it’s essentially a monarchy and pretty far from any communist philosophy…

    everything i’ve seen from a hexbear account has been extremely negative… sometimes some valid criticism, but almost always it’s just anti everything… except the most brutal examples of dictatorships…

  • FuyuhikoDate@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    To be honest… What Do people expect from a Domain literally called “shit just works”… No shit?

    I actually thought it was some edgy instance from the beginning… (like most Mastodon instances i visited)

    • garrett@infosec.pubEnglish
      72·
      1 year ago

      It’s not a decision because of their opinions, rather their inability to moderate their own spam of scat gifs.

        • garrett@infosec.pubEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          I’m sure. To be frank, I’d prefer they sort out their moderation inconsistencies and get federated again but as it is, Jerry’s gotta deal with reviewing every single report from a member of this instance.

            • garrett@infosec.pubEnglish
              32·
              1 year ago

              Not sure I see the logic of subjecting him to an outsized number of bad reports from a single poorly moderated instance rather than just defederating until they can become better aligned with their own stated rules. Perhaps you’d be better suited managing your own instance?