Hi, I'm the mod for [email protected]. I'd like to request that [email protected] be closed down, as I think it's causing confusion. The .world comm is abandoned, with an inactive mod and an average of 1 post / month where the only reply is usually me directing them to the sopuli.xyz comm. Or if you give me mod status, I can just pin a redirect message and close it to new posts.

Unlike other instances, Lemmy.word didn't properly show a preview image for many news or videos links. Other instances also include the 'Thumbnail URL' option in the post settings. I was just wondering if we will see these functions in the future.

Requesting [email protected], as the current moderator @[email protected] has been inactive for two years.

I recognized that i can't find any posts of https://lemmy.world/u/MicroWave

I signed up to lemmy only yesterday and didn't interact very much. There is nothing on my block lists.

Is there some option i missed to check? Is this some special feature? Is this account geo blocking me since i'm from another instance?

When i switch to anonymous everything works as expected.

Edit: If i search for the user, 0 posts are shown. If i click on the link above, the profile is shown but all posts are 1y or older. Tried in Boost, Jerboa and Browser.

Edit 2 - Solution: I just had English in the Interface Language Field. Didn't recognize that I have to check it in the actual language list as well.

There should be a better solution to this since i found a lot of posts having similar issues. My bad to be confused about, but the 'design' could be Improved.

Question: How to handle post TRUMP 2, US info and posts?

Recenlty, Trump has become more and more agressive to certain media outlets, like AP for example. Today, I heard Washington Post isn't going to publish any of Trump's or his administration critical op-ed articles anymore.

In the link I included one of the many articles( The Hill) surrounding this issue.

It's said that media like AP, Reuters and Forbes remain" neutral ". But the US sensationalism or headlines are influencing worldnews headlines. I felt the time was right to have like a discussion about this.

I also understand that pro-democratic US outlets need sometimes to be equally extreme to counter Trump's BS . Then again both opinions become more and more polarised . Not meant as a judgement, just opening a discussion for views and input.

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I have noticed some very odd behavior in [email protected]. I saw by chance that a user no longer existed shortly after making a handful of posts on [email protected]. I made a comment about it and a user responded very rudely and accusatory, which raised a red flag. I clicked on that user's profile and, once again, that user seems to no longer exist. This struck me as very odd.

So I started paying attention to the users of posts on [email protected], and I now see that this is a very frequently recurring pattern: A new user is created and posts about 3-8 comics in a span of about 3-24hrs and then the user's account disappears. Every day this happens, sometimes with multiple accounts.

Since you can't view the user's profiles you can't see what other kind of posts or comments these users are making and it seems very suspicious. It seems like a single person or group of people are taking advantage of some sort of system that creates short-term accounts? Is there some service or bot that does this sort of thing that I am unaware of?

Though the behavior I've found here is only making some posts on the comicstrips community, besides the one rude comment, it still is a giant red flag. Is this happening in other communities? What other behavior is being hidden by using burner accounts? What benefits could there possibly be for this? Are communities being manipulated somehow? Surely it makes no sense that someone would anyone go out of their way to constantly create new accounts just to post comics?

I also wonder how other people feel about this. Am I alone in thinking this is weird and a big red flag?

It seems like the moderator in this community has been inactive for almost a year now.

I'd like to take on the task for moderating it, I've been a fairly consistent contributor to this community.

We haven't had any issues in the current community and hopefully that continues, but it would be good to see some updates and have an active moderator just in case anything happens.

It seems like this community is unmoderated since 2 years. Unfortunately only admins are able to post, so this community is condemned to death. I would like to bring this community back to life (If it ever lived).

[email protected]

There is currently very little activity in the group. This type of group gets a lot of traffic on other social media platforms. There is only one mod listed. The last post that they made anywhere on Lemmy was 11 months ago. I can help revive this group.

I'd like to take up [email protected] since it has been inactive for a year - thanks!

c/conservative has been left modless. I'd like to request to moderate and clean up any misinformation on this community.

I am consistently online here and prepared to take on the responsibility.

Thank you for your consideration!

The requested community link is [email protected]

Additionally, I'd also like to request [email protected] as for that one it seems a spam account created it and has since been abandoned for months

ETA:

Given the controversial nature of the comms topic, I have decided to add a proposed set of rules that I was thinking about, to keep it strictly parody without going off the rails:

1. Parody With Purpose: This is a space for humorous takes on conservative politics. We welcome satire, but draw the line at content that promotes racism, sexism, homophobia, or other forms of bigotry.

2. Memes Over Manifestos: This community focuses on humor and parody, not serious political debate. There are plenty of spaces for earnest conservative discussion—this isn't one of them.

3. Highlight Contradictions: The best content points out inconsistencies and hypocrisies in conservative talking points. Creative commentary is encouraged.

4. Public Figures Fair Game: Politicians and pundits can be satirized, but no targeting of private individuals, doxxing, or harassment.

5. No News Zone: Memes only, news should be sent to the nearest relevant comm

6. Clear Satire: Make your satirical intent reasonably clear. We're here to mock bad ideas, not accidentally spread them.

7. Relevant Content: All posts should relate to conservative politics or ideologies in some way.

8. Community Respect: Disagree with fellow members all you want, but personal attacks aren't welcome. Save the criticism for the ideas, not each other.

9. Moderation Discretion: Mods will use reasonable judgment in applying these rules. We'll be fair, but firm.

10. Remember The Purpose: This community exists as a pressure valve—a place to process through humor the often frustrating world of conservative politics.

It seems the moderators have stopped participating in Lemmy. The last modlog was 4 months ago.

@[email protected] has no activity for 2 years and @[email protected] has no activity for 5 months.

Thanks

Follow-up to post in [email protected]: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33049767

Been getting slow loads and timeouts all morning. Figure it will probably resolve on its own. Didn't see any reports. Running Jerboa 0.0.77-gplay.

Moderator of /c/nootropics has been inactive for 2 years. I'd like to request to moderate and promote this community. Thank you for your consideration!

Edit: The requested community is [email protected].

The only mod on the community has been inactive for almost 2 years and I strongly believe I can breathe new life into this abandoned community and help it grow. Thank you for your consideration!

Before I begin, this is a genuine question for the help desk. All of it is relevant. My experience with help desks brings me to fear this is going to be removed, but I have enough faith in its fairness to try.

So first of all, hi. The fediverse is more confusing than I thought it would be. I am from ML (first comment there right now confirms it, also I previously mentioned we were the same on a message about dueling, which sparked this whole situation in the first place) but was told by an admin to register a WTF in order to post some things because of how much was invisible from ML (not because I was banned from any instance but just because potentially anything can affect something's visibility) and because I needed to post here after I was mentioned. I was mentioned in an anti-troll message as "an alt of shinigamiookamiryuu", which is false, as shown by the fact I am clearly not banned from ML like she is (and yes, she is a she, I even have documentation of actual voice chats and even video chats to prove it, not the ones that aren't of her. And no she is not some warlock-looking person whose picture was taken and brightened by people trying to expose her, she has a picture with big bold letters confirming it's her that predates the first picture which was a Halloween prop commissioned to a friend who could do silhouette stock clipart. And that individual had her picture taken again and was confirmed to be a woman but then was misgendered anyways in another famous feud, showing those who diagnose gender are BS.). If I sound like her, it's because we commission messages and parts of messages stuff for each other, which isn't uncommon on here either, cough cough Blaze cough cough Cheese Greater cough cough Drag cough cough, sorry my throat caught a bone.

I'm allowing myself to go on that tangent because one of the two reasons I came here to this help desk today because I would like to ask what can be done about that faux anti-troll message and all the other ones across different names that mention me, because of all the associations it puts together (e.g. if me = someone = nazi, it would mean me = nazi, and that's false). It attacks me (and by extension my projects) though it spreads false rumors about a number of us (dare I bring up people allow that to ignite fury in ourselves, other members, and even eyes-bigger-than-stomach admins when the rest of us are asked to standby by others). I can't really see why, as VPNs work in the fediverse like jedi mind tricks work on Watto, so I should be able to confirm (to all but the few people who are unaffected and seem fed up by the constant hounding, as well as the admins who express disagreement (as well as confirm through not wanting to ban Leni that she is legit and not some impostor of any kind; i.e. she and her supposed achievements were vetted) with the masses who are still sour even when the subject yields) that I'm not an alt of someone who was banned from ML. I'm not even a Republican, a feat considering they're half the nation, whether or not someone is going to argue I only have to specify that due to it not being a bipartisan issue. Unlike the Luigi issue (which she is trying to curb in the community, as per community Rule Six and as per the TOS, as most of us would do if we came across Axis-Power-inspired hate speech), which should be cracked down on if even those who say they're all for free speech are cracking down on anything remotely related to Musk. I am 100% Social Democrat and think Musk overestimated his defense (I'd even deport him if I was Trump), which is why it hurts even more when I'm the one who is a victim of others' dependence on being spoonfed by very testy and violent people when peoples' power to ask for everyone's perspective (before forgoing boundaries) is often all it takes for the malicious side to stop growing (heck, I have looked into it, and I noticed they are more transphobic and even faker than they accused her of being).

The other reason I am here is to ask something related to one of the points above. It seems advocacy of violence for some causes are openly discussed (whether they're actually allowed or not) but advocacy of violence for other causes are not. In the example I gave, I mentioned that people get away with saying alarming things about the CEO's while discussing Musk is off the table. Where the Hell do you draw the line? I see that seeming hypocrisy and I almost want to recommend ye olde forums as Elaine and Leni are familiar with because I've been there too and that's where all the diehards are.

Just fyi. Notice the bits circled/squared in green. I assume it probably wouldn't have done anything to click "Yes," "Purge," etc...but I miraculously did not. Let me know if I should click them all next time, because I already kind of regret it. I'll have this place cleaned up in no time.

Hello. I wasn't sure where to post about this and a friend directed me here. This is about AskLemmy on the Lemmy.world instance's newly appointed mod, shinigamiookamiryuu.

For clarity reasons I am going to mention they are also known as "Triagonal" and various other aliases. I'm using a fresh account because the person this post is about is known to dox the people who expose them, like they did with Morothias here

I'm also trans, so I'd prefer it if a person who tells trans people to shoot up schools (see image below) doesn't have access to my main account.

Here's a recent in-depth post which goes into detail about this person and includes lots of direct links.

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Their modus operandi is this:

1. They'll do/say reprehensible things.
2. When people give evidence of those reprehensible things in the form of direct links, they will call it "slander". When this fails to work, they then try to gaslight everyone by saying "you're taking it out of context" "you cannot speak for my intentions" , hoping people fall for it. This is a very common tactic they've used for years. Don't fall for it.
3. They paint themselves as a targeted victim, hoping people (including mods/admins) take their word for it and don't look into the links that got posted.

There is a person who has an account on Lemmy, who has a 5 year long history of malicious trolling, doxing, catfishing, creepy comments they made to someone they knew was only 14, and telling a trans person to kill themselves after shooting up a school then gaslighting people on Lemmy about it by saying "where did I say anything about a shooter". Their actions are such that multiple people are chronicling the various reprehensible things they've said and done and continue to do. They resort to doxing, impersonating, and harassing anyone who exposes them or isn't on their side which is why a lot of people who call them out use fresh accounts for their own safety.

Here's a screenshot of them telling a trans person to "do what the person in Nashville did". They are referring to the Nashville school shooter, Aiden Hale, who was trans. They also called them a Japanese slur that is equivalent to the f-word

Here's the creepy comments they made to a DeviantArt forum member who they knew was only 14 years old. They doubled down on it when confronted.
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/18/2612773/4879845792

https://www.deviantart.com/comments/18/2617047/4886760940

They have also defended CP.

They raised a big stink on Ye Power Trippin' Bastards for their mod actions on AskLemmy.

There are a ton of links to things the troll has posted, on their own accounts, such as when they trolled on AskLemmy on Lemmy.world by saying Elon Musk's Nazi salute "has been debunked though" and proceeded to gaslight commenters in the comments, then locking their own thread. They are highly manipulative and try to paint themselves as a victim who is being targeted for no reason by calling the evidence in the links "slander" and saying "you can't speak for other people's intentions".

Here's them trolling about how Elon Musk's Nazi salute "has been debunked though" and then trolling people once those people proved them wrong by gaslighting them about how "you can't speak for other people's intentions!".

They like to portray themselves as an innocent person who is "being targeted for no reason" hoping that mods and admins who are unaware of their history take their word for it without looking into things. They will claim to mods/admins that they're being doxed because their alias, which the troll publicly posts everywhere, was mentioned in posts exposing them. They do this because they want people who point out what they're doing to be banned, not because they're actually concerned about doxing. Please bear in mind that this user has been caught using an AI generated voice trying to pass it off as their own and they have been permabanned from Discord servers for making up excuses when asked by mods to prove they are who they say they are. They are using a fake internet persona.

Recently, they got permabanned from Bulbagarden after the administrators discovered "concerning off-site conduct"

They have been banned and had posts removed countless times for "trolling"

Proof https://lemmy.wtf/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=538316

Another thing this user will do is sign up on websites using the exact usernames of the people who originally exposed them on DeviantArt and then, once called out for this, will troll about being "inspired" by those usernames, omitting the fact they've 1. done this dozens of times 2. they only steal the usernames of the people who exposed them on DeviantArt. They'll also list their country on the impersonation accounts as being from the country of the person they're impersonating, among other things, like pretending to have DID on an account that's named after a person on DeviantArt who actually has DID and then manipulate people by claiming people calling them out on this are "denying DID exists".

They report any posts that aren't on their side, claiming they're being doxed because the poster used their alias, an alias they publicly use throughout the internet, and are known for faking many aspects of their persona online.

I apologize for the lengthy post, but is it appropriate for such a person to be a mod on AskLemmy, which is a popular community, given their actions both on Lemmy and off-site?

edit: They're now in this thread saying Elon Musk's Nazi salute was debunked and are comparing it to Pokemon. Link

edit 2: gaslighting + sealioning in the comments https://lemmy.wtf/post/16417625/12630325

The first time it happened, I thought I was crazy and chalked it up to a glitch (i.e. "maybe it's just showing some weird database ID for me as a user or similar"). But this time, it was pretty clearly another user's account. The username was SLVRDRGN or something similar, had a completely different profile picture, etc...but when I went to click on the profile section to see if I had access to the account, the browser refreshed and populated with my account info.

Seems a little concerning potentially, so just thought someone should know. I will try to be faster with a screenshot if it happens again.

I am having a problem with AI images. Some of them are amazing, and I would like to see the image in different settings or outfits, but the AI creates a new face when I simply ask for a blue dress, or to place the character in a forest. Is there a way to edit a character without changing their appearance?

i cannot add more blocked users so i went one by one through that list ... starting from the first one i blocked. Not surprisingly, looking at each account, they are either Banned or have No Activity Since ~1 year.

Eventually there could be some site maintenance for [ Banned + Empty ] accounts so to clean our block lists accordingly ...

Some other optimization of this type could be made ... i believe it would free the server from useless work since the server have to compute removing according to Long Block Lists ... this task could be heavy in server work ...

What do you think ?