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Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

I’m concerned about this comment in the linked Reddit post.

https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/d21725b7-97f7-4f9e-bf42-9b1f86da594a.png

What does it mean, “same mods”? What about “safety”? Can someone clarify?

db0 OP ,
@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I used to be top mod of piracy until the reddit blackouts last year, where I was demoted by the admins in a secret coup. I was reinstated by other mods, but have been idle since.

sunbothersco is also the top mod in /r/piracy and it mostly maintaining the megathread but is not very active in lemmy.

We absolutely will never boost posts for money here.

Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

Thanks. That’s interesting, I didn’t know the mods here were mods there too. I believe people here wouldn’t be letting things fall apart (there is a reason people moved away from Reddit and the quality of content here is proof).

I was surprised to see those comments implying the megathread was no longer reliable though, I figured it was a stretch but had no idea why would they be thinking that.

recursive_recursion ,
@recursive_recursion@programming.dev avatar

That’s interesting, I didn’t know the mods here were mods there too.

tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the case cause after reddit’s self-made implosion with the API access debacle, the majority of us migrated to (fediverse instances such as) mastodon and here

rglullis , (edited )
@rglullis@communick.news avatar

To be quite honest, I wouldn’t mind sponsored posts as a way to support a community or instance, as long as they were completely disclosed as so and if the sponsor had no control over the moderation.

db0 OP ,
@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

If we get instance sponsors it will probably in the instance sidebar, but for now we don’t quite need them

TeamAssimilation ,
@TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub avatar

Fuck ads, they’re everywhere at every level. I want to see less of them, not more.

rglullis , (edited )
@rglullis@communick.news avatar

No one is forcing you to see them, especially given that this is an open source system with open source clients.

Also, how much are you paying/contributing to the developers, admins and moderators in order to avoid the need of alternative methods of funding?

sorghum ,
@sorghum@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’ve been saying this for over a year. The era of free stuff on the internet is coming to a close. Be prepared to pay or self host things you’re used to getting for free. It’s what got me into self hosting.

bizarroland ,

I mean, you're definitely not wrong. All of these mbin sites are typically pretty small but once they cross the point where you're looking at getting a second server to keep the site running then prices start to escalate.

Modern servers are pretty good but I believe depending on how well the software is written that should be somewhere around 10,000 concurrent users.

If they are using cloud hosting their prices will escalate alongside their user counts but if they are using co-location or something like that they have to go out and buy additional boxes at the cost of several thousand dollars a piece and pay for extra space in the colocation center.

They should definitely make it easy for us to contribute to running the site or at the very least do regular planned donation drives kind of like Wikipedia.

rglullis ,
@rglullis@communick.news avatar

I agree so much with you, I am running a commercial provider for Fediverse services for almost five years. The problem is that we are still a very tiny minority relative to the amount of internet users.

secret300 ,

We absolutely will never boost posts for money here.

Can’t wait to look back on this comment in a few years

db0 OP ,
@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

You trying to imply smt?

recursive_recursion ,
@recursive_recursion@programming.dev avatar

I’d recommend ignoring the uninformed or ignorant bait

it doesn’t make sense as the fediverse systems here are under an AGPL-3.0 license

Cube6392 ,

I’d assume a sponsored post on a Lemmy community would just be a pinned post that a mod got money for

recursive_recursion ,
@recursive_recursion@programming.dev avatar

hmm after rereading the initial comment I mean it’s not impossible but I’d posit that it’s highly unlikely as the majority of us have already experienced the dynamics where doing so would drive our users away to another instance like the initial reddit implosion

I’d assume a sponsored post on a Lemmy community would just be a pinned post that a mod got money for

and yes that’d probably be it

secret300 ,

yes

db0 OP ,
@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Don’t be a coward, say what you mean.

ssm ,
@ssm@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

They’re calling you a sussy amogussy

mr_right , (edited )

look at that idiot, typical redditor behavior talking shit from their ass as if they are experts on what they are talking about

fin ,

It seems that all posts/comments advocating migration to Lemmy are downvoted there. It’s truly sad that they still don’t realize Reddit is not a safe place anymore to talk about piracy and stuff

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

It may be selfish but i don’t want a reddit migration. I don’t hate redditors cuz i was one (ok i do hate em but only the regular hate redditors have for each other) but if this place became as popular as that one, it would bring with it the things i deliberately left behind.

Lemmy is great the way it is

fin ,

I believe that federation is the solution to toxic community.

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

In my single year here I’ve seen what i consider some of federation’s limits. It’s still too easy to fed and defed their way to an echo chamber, which to me is it’s own type of toxicity.

But you’re right because the answer to that is multiple accounts, whereas in a centralized server there are fewer players dictating and therefore fewer options.

GluWu ,

Same, there’s still plenty of room for growth but I don’t want it to ever pass like 2012 reddit level of activity, which was still a lot. But federation tech is also a solution if I ever feel that’s a problem so meh, come on over.

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

2011-12 is when i discovered reddit coincidentally. Oh no…

Blxter ,
@Blxter@lemmy.zip avatar

I’m of the belief that more people more opinions wether you agree or not with them is always better. Reddit and here on Lemmy is both an “echo chamber” of there own making.

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

I’m of the belief that more people more opinions wether you agree or not with them is always better

Right on brother.

As to the second part, I guess i see what you’re saying. Reddit had its own hidey-holes and echo chambers where you could hear different opinions, not so different from here. Federation and defederation between instances act in much the same way (perhaps due to lemmys small size) as the effect as staying in a few niche subreddits. Traversing between instances is familiar, not too different than leaving your sub and scrolling /all.

Hmmm. Hmmm. I guess you’re right, at least the way i use(d) them.

Perhaps the only difference between them is reddit’s success and enshittified corporate rent-seeking. Those guys all sound the same and end up making a place same-y and sterilized

Anon518 ,

I don’t think so. I think Lemmy already & inherently has many of the same problems. People are people, no matter where you go.

Lemmy is only better because it’s not centrally controlled.

Caligvla ,

The problems would only get exacerbated if more of them migrate over here, that’s the issue. I don’t think decentralization would solve the issues that’d come with people mass redditposting and shitting all over the place, especially considering the vast majority of users are in lemmy.world, so what good would that do when the majority of the userbase are centralized in a single instance?

praise_idleness ,

The mod u/Furdiburd10 who manually approved and stickied the post has been removed from the mod team. Reddit’s spam filter actually caught it early on and the community helped mass report. They also fully censored comments from yall calling it out.

What a giant loser.

ModernRisk ,
@ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I honestly see no reason to use Reddit for its Piracy Megathread. Lemmy’s user base is much more friendly, helpful and the Megathread here is the same (if not better) organized than there.

Not only that, I remember there was quite some problems among the mods on Reddit. So I’m not surprised something like this happened. Once there’s a slight fracture, it’ll slowly but steadily get broken into pieces entirely.

I don’t see much decent content on both Piracy and PiratedGames subreddit anyway. Majority is memes, ‘is this safe’ and spam posts about empress.

Hugh_Jeggs ,

The megathread is here if anyone is wondering

rentry.co/megathread

JimmyBigSausage ,

What is a reddit? /s

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

Best comment

Steve ,

An LLM database builder.

cheddar ,
@cheddar@programming.dev avatar

I tried to find reddit on duckduckgo to answer this quesiton, but I didn’t get any results :(

Beaver ,
@Beaver@lemmy.ca avatar

It’s harder for corruption and lawyers to target multiple instances rather than one centralized location

AFC1886VCC ,

Welcome to Lemmy Reddit pirates, you should have come earlier.

sabreW4K3 ,
@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al avatar

Love the recruiting that you all are doing in there.

db0 OP ,
@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Let no crisis go to waste :D

recursive_recursion ,
@recursive_recursion@programming.dev avatar

one person’s footgun is another’s opportunity lol

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wizardbeard ,

Crowdstrike is not owned or in any way in a business relationship with Microsoft, offers the software that caused the issue for Mac and Linux as well, and in fact caused similar issues on specific Linux Distros a few months before this recent cock up.

The issue only effected Windows OS machines that were running the Crowdstrike Falcon endpoint protection software, which runs at ring 0, kernel level. This presents the same potential for causing boot loops in all OSes due to the nature of running software that deep into the guts of things. The only caveat is that some Linux Distros have separation preventing things from running at that low level, and apparently so does Mac OS.

The update was not pushed out through Microsoft, as many are incorrectly repeating. It was a malware definitions update which was downloaded automatically by the Falcon software itself, without any configuration options available for admins to stage and do partial rollouts for testing.

Also, I significantly doubt that any company is going to do a complete overhaul of its IT architecture to switch over to a new OS for end user devices, when the simplest solution is to just switch to a different endpoint protection software. I’ve worked half a decade in an enterprise architecture type position, that simply isn’t how things work in this world.

Azzu ,

Of course getting people over from reddit is nice, but honestly the exact same thing can happen here as well. We’ll always depend on the integrity of the people with mod status.

brickfrog ,

That’s some low effort spam, no wonder even Reddit’s default spam filter caught it and that mod had to manually approve it. Back when I was helping mod on Reddit we used to see that sort of discord link spam nearly every day. Just spam/removed it & moved on.

The sad thing is that r/Piracy mod likely got scammed himself. Besides that mod who would really believe a scammer is going to send $800 via PayPal of all things? Most likely some sort of scam/hacked account, the payment will be reversed and that mod’s PayPal account may get locked/banned in the process.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ,
@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Is… Is there some reason not to send that much money via PayPal?

Asking for a friend.

lazynooblet ,
@lazynooblet@lazysoci.al avatar

PayPal allow easy reversal if transactions. Their dispute team favour protecting the buyer by far.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ,
@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I only ask because I have some members of my family transfer money between them, and it’s usually a high amount like that.

aldalire ,

Here’s a link with more than 10 pixels

AVincentInSpace ,

Oh that’s really transparently a scam

Caligvla ,

Out of curiosity, is our megathread the same as theirs? If so, it might be time to make our own independently of theirs.

Evil_incarnate ,

So we aren’t using an unauthorised copy?

mnemonicmonkeys ,

How baller would it be to pirate a piracy megathread

thanksforallthefish ,

Disappointing tgat we arent when you put it that way

db0 OP ,
@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Check the wiki. We already have our own

kirbowo808 ,
@kirbowo808@kbin.melroy.org avatar

The fact that even happened tbh is insane tbh, but I’m so glad that people are now jumping ship tbh esp what the dumb decisions Reddit has made in the past couple of years.

praise_idleness ,

You are being very honest

MagicShel ,

From now on, unless I see three declarations of honesty, I’m going to assume they are being at least somewhat dishonest.

itslilith ,
@itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

tbh I tbh think you’re lying, tbh

MagicShel ,

TBH, you got me. TBH, I’m never going to remember their username, TBH.

cleverusername ,
@cleverusername@lemm.ee avatar

My reply to to be honest is always oh, were you lying before?.

Usually gets a confused laugh.

Algernon ,

I thought I wasn’t gonna give a shit about this, but it was quite enjoyable. Too bad, so sad! Looks like that guy’s discord is now well known for the wrong reasons…

xnx ,

Can someone post the picture here can’t read it on the web version

Blaze ,

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/dc1b40a6-e9f8-45cb-a69e-5c128dc1ddd8.webp

xnx ,

I meant the screenshots that explain the situation 😅

curbstickle ,

It’s not readable in general, but the first screenshot is about the mods being complicit, the second is the post in question. The post claims a way to “unlock coursehero, chegg + more” and points to a discord. There isn’t really more than that.

u/dysgraphical then said:

The mod u/ Furdiburd10 who manually approved and stickied the post has been removed from the mod team. Reddit’s spam filter actually caught it early on and the community helped mass report. They also fully censored comments from yall calling it out.

Sorry we let this slip. This shit happened seven years ago too for folks that were around that time: torrentfreak.com/reddits-piracy-sub-reddit-reopen…

Edit: If you were banned by this loser or muted, please DM me and I’ll comb through the logs and work on reinstating you back.

I tried to see about grabbing the post by pirat_nation for the screenshots, but the tweet doesn’t show and I don’t have/won’t use a twitter account.

Melatonin ,

Wait, I can make it smaller

AFC1886VCC ,

https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/13ec59b4-5530-4220-a9a9-5d5c1ca2bb7b.jpeg

H_GG ,

I read that the (banned) member joined reddit a short time ago, I wonder how he became a mod

hurtn ,

sucked cock

CaptainBasculin ,

fuck reddit lmao

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