Well there's a stupid idea.

I'm glad! Thank you for following up.

Hi,

About a month ago we implemented some mitigation related to unrelenting DDoS and scanning attempts. Might be that our security stack is seeing your connections as part of this, regardless of IP/VPN/TOR. I'd need more information from you to determine that, and try to get a fix in for your connections that don't hinder our availability or security. Can you DM me here, or on Matrix @penguincoder:hive.beehaw.org so we can discuss a few pertinent details?

Go-dAmn Sachs is wrong often, but in this I think they're on point. Learned from the Crypto insanity.

And so enshrined is that final nail in the enshitiffication coffin that was Reddit. I give it 3mo before Spez leaves Reddit to focus on [whatever].

Well that's certainly a war crime. Wonder if the rest of the world will look the other way on this too.

I think that question is definitely a worthy cause, but entirely misplaced. As others said, they donated to Beehaw not to some other foundation or charity. Rainy day fund is better than an oh shit, we're broke moment. I am extremely grateful to those who have and continue to donate towards Beehaw's Cause. We need to make sure that money is used, when needed, as expected.

Let it ride.

What?

Hey man why you talking bout me....

J/K. Thank you for the kind words. I really am happy to be able to help out here for a lot of reasons. I understand the risk, heavily, but I appreciate the trust you and the other admins have placed in me. I hoped I have shown it to be a correct decision. I want to do my best for Beehaw and what is the best. I won't say everything I do is right or the correct thing, but I normally have a reason for it.

Thank you kindly; genuinely happy to help and want to keep doing so.

Absolutely will cause a lot more spam to go through. But why is that the custom written moderators tool/bot fault? Why isn't Reddit the company doing more to stop or combat spam/bots? Why keep doing their job for them, for free?? If it's so damn useful (and BotDefense is), then Reddit should be doing it, or I don't know pay for that service?!

WOW.

I can't speak for the other admins; but this part:

Beehaw admins look out for us by cutting off instances

Isn't really a matter of us looking out for anyone else, except Beehaw really. It's us not wanting to deal with that crap and what it involves, either. Literally be nice. They weren't being nice, they don't fit the ethos here.

How do you know something is developed with Rust?

Don't worry, the devs will tell you.