Fediverse @lemmy.world SmokeInFog @midwest.social 7 mo. ago

Mastodon [and the Fediverse generally] Has A Serious SPAM Problem | Brodie Robertson

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9006187

Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of things and the story behind it is absolutely wild.

Fediverse @midwest.social SmokeInFog @midwest.social 7 mo. ago

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he whines as he broadcasts from ad-riddled youtube
- Ads are just spam that someone pays for
- Did you... watch the video? You act as if he's bashing the fediverse or isn't a strong supporter of it
  
  i just hate youtube
No, YouTube has a serious idiot commenter problem.
- Both can be true.
  
  Sure, but when the first claim comes from a sensationalist youtuber, its claim to veracity sort of loses weight.
- They are all shills sucking ads for profit
- Lol, if you think that absolutely open sign ups on instances isn't a problem, then thanks for advertising the bankruptcy of your opinions
  
  Nice strawman argument, was that what I said? Nope.
  
  Also, "advertising the bankruptcy of your opinions"? Go easy on the thesaurus, kid.
you'll really are whining about the video, instead trying to help with the issue
- Oh really and you must be the one doing all the work eh ?
  
  no, but i'm not trying to hide the problem
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