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meme not so funny

And yes, to refute some comments, this publication is being upvoted by bots. A single computer was needed, not “thousands of dollars” spent.

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    1 year ago

    This right here.

    Op, if you’re not ready to moderate, don’t spin up your own server or do your own private instance. If you’re going to moderate, do it properly and don’t spew bad ideas while hiding behind a dumb “alert” throwaway.

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      1 year ago

      To be honest, I’m surprised that that username was allowed (or not reserved). It seems like it would introduce a risk where people could pose as Lemmy developers or something along those lines.

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        1 year ago

        Lemmy is very “open” right now; some might say by design, other might say flawed. OP is maybe coming from a good place and actually wants to help, but instead of doing it tactfully, OP is becoming the exact thing they’re advocating against — a spammer posting garbage.

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          1 year ago

          Meh, at least it’s driving engagement. There’s going to be friction for the time being as people are all mixed together into these communities. I’m sure plenty of casuals were engaged by this post, as it has over 1k upvotes.

          But yeah I didn’t even notice his username is alert. I’m still on high alert for Reddit shills trying to destabilize this platform, though. Just say the word and I’ll come over and verbally defenestrate any shill that might appear.