kbin social is being overun by vlink cz what should we do about it?

3 years ago by pewgar_seemsimandroid to c/main

vzq 19 points 3 years ago

Hi, this is the first time I hear about it. Could you give me some more context? For example:

What is vlink cz?
Why is it bad?
Why should something be done about it?
Why should it be done by us?

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Fhek 3 points 3 years ago

Go take a look at random on kbin.social

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vzq 8 points 3 years ago

Yesterday it was all spam links to scam websites. I blocked it.

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TylerDurdenJunior 13 points 3 years ago

Maybe explain what it is for starters?

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pewgar_seemsimandroid 4 points 3 years ago

the website itself may not be malicious but it is being used for malicious intensions and a bot is being used

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vinceman 12 points 3 years ago

What does this mean? What is vlink cz?

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Franzia 9 points 3 years ago

I saw this! !Random@kbin.social is full of like bots posting these links I definitely would not click on.

I reported it and then blocked the board, awaiting the solution.

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amethyst 6 points 3 years ago

Here is some previous discussion on whether to defederate from them due to worries about their moderation capacity (and how it leads to spam/etc): https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1671319

So far, it seems that most of the spam etc isn’t making it through to people, which is great! It means we can keep things going as they are without it impacting people too much. Please use this thread to let me know if that changes though

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LeylaaLovee 5 points 3 years ago

Not federate with vlink, that's for sure.

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favrion 1 point 3 years ago

Let people live.

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Fhek 1 point 3 years ago

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