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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 29/4/2024 (self.newzealand)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Dave to c/newzealand
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Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that doesn’t justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
  • Something humourous that happened to you
  • Something frustrating that happened to you
  • A quick question
  • A request for recommendations
  • Pictures of your pet
  • A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like a hippo
  • Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

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[–] Dave 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I'm still not feeling the best, but back at work today anyway (well, not at work, but working).

Also got an interesting spam message by a bot trying to register for an account here:

screenshot of registration applications screen, showing new user applying for account with answer to question: "As the day gently fades into the night, the time comes to express sweet sentiments to your sweetheart, creating a serene atmosphere for restful slumber. In this compilation of 200 Good Night Messages for Sweetheart to Bring Serenity, we delve into messages that capture the essence of love, tranquility, and the promise of sweet dreams. Let these messages be a soothing melody, lulling your sweetheart into a peaceful night’s sleep."

The question is "Where are you from", so they missed the mark a bit. The day before there was a registration application from a person, they read the instructions, answered the question, waited to be approved, then when they got approved they posted a spam URL and were immediately banned by the automod. Imagine all that hard work undone in a second.

[–] harfang@surfzone.nz 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That’s great the automod worked like a treat.

[–] Dave 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah it's been a life saver. It's only been running for a couple of months, I set it up when there was a massive whole-of-fediverse spam wave happening all sharing the same URL. Thousands of spam posts and most of them could be automatically removed before anyone saw them! One down side (and arguably up-side) of the fediverse is that if the home instance of the user doesn't ban them then every other instance has to ban them individually. Automods help to ease this burden, but each instance has to set up an automod and maintain their own rules.

I expect over time we will probably see more lemmy compatible tools to help, since Lemmy is still in the early days.