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This month-old instance has three communities. One is for testing and the other two are anti-trans.

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[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

lol. obsession.

fuck that instance. - i remember someone spamming these exact memes about a month ago in 196 and related communities

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago

Those are weird priorities...

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 hours ago

Marked for a while now https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/lemmychan.org

You can Follow our censures against bigotry and csam on fediseer to ensure you don't stay unprotected until someone brings it up

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 46 points 10 hours ago

Hi, trans lady here, fuck that guy and fuck his instance.

Thanks for being cool.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 54 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Thanks, just defederated us

[–] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like it's still federated on piefed.ca. Don't forget about us!

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

piefed.ca is set to just follow lemmy.ca, not sure how often it refreshes....

[–] rimu@piefed.social 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Hey if you’re active, do you mind replying to all your false accusations you’re spewing all over the Fediverse?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Please don't do that that. Hounding people in irrelevant threads just comes off as harassment and makes you look worse than them.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Dunno about that. If that guys an asshole, I know about it now thanks to that other guy. That's a community service.

Imagine if some guy in real life was a total mcasshole out around town and you were like "listen, he's just here trying to buy coffee, why are you bringing up the fact that he's a violent asshole"

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'm just speaking from experience. This is how things play out in these situations.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 hours ago

No, they won't. Lies spread faster than truth.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

https://piefed.social/u/Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Rimu might not be seeing anything you've posted for the last few hours, might be deletion?

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 2 points 5 hours ago
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

I'm perpetually shocked that there's zero vetting for federation...

Like, I get needing to give a new instance a chance, but it feels like shared between all the admins that federate, keeping an eye on them wouldn't be hard for a probationary period.

But like..

Admins really saw a blank instance with "chan" being the only other word besides "lemmy" and thought shit was gonna cool?

Is federation really automated to the point no human makes a decision? If so, that's an obvious flaw and trolls will just keep spinning up instances to troll from. If one person has to pay it all the time, it's a hassle. If ~100 people are pitching in or taking turns and they don't care what the domain is because they know it's temporary...

Have admins even considered how to prepare for that?

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 29 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Some instances operate on an allowlist rather than just blindly being open, but honestly the number of problem instances is much lower than you might expect. Most are just wide open. Spinning up an instance will cost you some time and a domain, so it's not exactly a zero cost effort.

Honestly I have no idea what "chan" has to do with this, I only know it as the japanese honorific. Edit: Oh, chan like 4chan? That one didn't occur to me.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 8 hours ago

Chan is short for channel

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

It all started with trains.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Instances can either be blocklisted or allowlisted. A given instance must choose one method or the other, and almost all instances choose the former. Hexbear is the only one I know that chose the later. They vet instances individually before allowing them. Keep in mind that the fediverse is not just Lemmy. It would be a lot of work to vet each new fediverse instance that comes along.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks!

So it's just a setting they can flip at any time. When (not if) instance spam becomes an issue, there's already a way to address it.

Keep in mind that the fediverse is not just Lemmy. It would be a lot of work to vet each new fediverse instance that comes along.

This could (hopefully would) be mitigated by blocklist admins monitoring one of the resources that quantify instance activity after like x months. If everything checks out, let em in with a reminder in y months to circle back.

Semi related:

I've always wanted to see a mod list that breaks down "local". Like, you look at .worlds modlist from the main page, and it's every mod action from every federate instance.

It makes it hard for users to see what their own admins are up, especially with how frequent these discussions is, I feel that option would increase transparency for how an instance moderates so users can make informed decisions where to set up roots.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago

I’ve always wanted to see a mod list that breaks down “local”. Like, you look at .worlds modlist from the main page, and it’s every mod action from every federate instance.

Yeah that'd be nice. Modlog has always left much to be desired. Although the core concept is great, it's not fleshed out enough to be as useful as it should be. Sometimes it can even be weaponized by rogue mods to slander certain users. Because when you ban someone, that mod action is permanent and you get to put whatever text you want as the ban reason.

It definitely needs work but I can understand other things taking priority, considering most users will never interact with the modlog anyway.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That was a question I asked our admins. When a new instance spins up is there any kind of probationary or quarantine period? Nope, not really. 😔

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Apparently it's an option. I'm assuming that means it can be changed later, I can't imagine it being locked in.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Click to see if you are currently federated !fucktroons@lemmychan.org

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

maybe hide it in a spoiler so people can opt-in to seeing the hateful community name

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Why? That comm just wants to have hateful, degrading sex with their target of objectificati---nvm, there's no way to spin that naming in a positive light.

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 11 points 10 hours ago

We defederated from 2 weeks ago after a heads up from @Deceptichum@quokk.au. What a horrible instance it is.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 hours ago

Er I didn't know what to expect and trans-related is the last thing I would have thought of. I had been thinking of using that name for an instance or community with per-thread anonymity, mostly to make it harder to build user profiles by scraping.