@GreyTechnician@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWill Lemmy ever bring in the concept of Karma or something similar to help fight spam/bots?message-square32arrow-up158file-text
arrow-up157message-squareWill Lemmy ever bring in the concept of Karma or something similar to help fight spam/bots?@GreyTechnician@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square32file-text
minus-square@Dave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink13•2 years agoLemmy is federated. You can set up your own instance, create 100 spam bots, and go spam other instances. No account approval required.
minus-square@Dave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink10•edit-22 years agoYes, all 1000 instances can individually have their admins simply defederate. Then the spammers make a new instance in 10 mins and start again. The problem that karma attempts to solve is that you stop spammers before they can spam, not after. I’m an instance admin, spam is a massive challenge at the moment and lemmy is still small. We need better tools before it grows too much.
Lemmy is federated. You can set up your own instance, create 100 spam bots, and go spam other instances. No account approval required.
but then those instances can simply defederate.
Yes, all 1000 instances can individually have their admins simply defederate.
Then the spammers make a new instance in 10 mins and start again.
The problem that karma attempts to solve is that you stop spammers before they can spam, not after.
I’m an instance admin, spam is a massive challenge at the moment and lemmy is still small. We need better tools before it grows too much.