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About the troll problem (fedia.io)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey, so I'm on a different instance, and I hope it's not out of place for me to post here. I really like Mbin for its design and features, and I made this account specifically for interacting with LGBTQ+ posts.

Anyway, there are a few things I'd like to discuss, if that's okay.

First, I'd like to know if it's necessary for me to report posts if they've already been reported on Blahaj. Like, is it just a federation delay that causes the bad posts to still be visible for a while, or is my reporting necessary to get them removed?

I've noticed that the recent troll posts are coming from lemmy.today and eviltoast.org, and I'm wondering if these instances should maybe be considered for de-federation from Blahaj. It seems like one or two users are ban-evading by making new accounts on these two instances. Are there any legit users that would be affected by this de-federation?

Also, I wonder if I made a mistake by boosting a few threads recently. Like did I accidentally get the attention of these transphobes? Should I refrain from boosting?

Again, I hope it's okay for me to post this here.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have no vote in who de-feds on your instance. But if trasnphobic content seems to be coming solely from those two domains, neither of which I've encountered before, that certainly seems like something worth investigating. Have you gone on those instances to find out if they have actual communities vs being stood up for just one or a handful of trolls? I think if they have communities of people then the better move would be to ask their moderators / admins to do something about it. If they appear to be troll farms, fuck 'em.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The eviltoast.org instance doesn't seem to have much local content, and a recent post asks:

Why has Lemmy.ml and feddit.UK defederated from eviltoast

My instance seems to have de-federated from it already as well.

The lemmy.today instance has more local content and engagement, but I can't seem to interact with its communities from my Mbin account. So I can't contact their admins and report issues.

Maybe the mod from Blahaj that removed their content can report the problem to their instance?