Also outs your report publicly, nice !

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[–] 172 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

And Lemmy has an issue with it's backend implementation which sometimes causes multiple copies of a comment being posted without the posters knowledge.

It then gets flagged as spam and the poster banned. Ask me how I know.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

    As someone who implement a Lemmy client it might be a client side problem. If the server is struggling you will time out when sending the comment. If the client side has any sort of retry logic it will send the comment again. This can cause the comment to be posted multiple times. There might be a bug on the server as well but I know for sure it can be caused by the client.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    It's what you are describing, and it's not a client problem. It's impossible for a client to solve. You can't tell whether a timed out request succeeded or not.

    Idempotent network requests are a standard feature of many APIs - sending the same request multiple times should result in only one action being performed, but Lemmy doesn't support them yet.

    So yes, it's "caused" by retries, but the bug is that the backend doesn't properly support retries. Clients don't do anything wrong.

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    [–] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    CLM - sounds like @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world needs to understand the tools a bit more given how active they are.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Turns out I've blocked this user already. Are they a mod?

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Is that person a mod? I blocked them and my lemmy experience has been way better.

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    [–] 50 points 2 years ago

    PTB, (or maybe just "clueless bastard"?): Ye publicly outing your report because they don't understand lemmy is pretty bad.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    PTB, publicly outing reports and trying to intimidate them is not cool, if you want to discuss someone's reports with them, do it in their DMs.

    Also here's a tip for any admin or mod wishing to discuss the report with someone. Quote the report you're addressing. I can't see my own reports, so if an admin or mod wanted to discuss the last reports I made, it's possible I would have to think really hard to remember what he was talking about, or just flat out not remember. Because I do make a lot of reports, unfortunately, as there is a lot of problematic content and users out there.

    Edit: I did make an issue in the Lemmy GitHub requesting this feature, so if you agree that this could be useful I suggest you go express the desire for such a feature over there. I included being able to edit and delete reports, but if that's too much at least the ability to read my own reports I've sent.

    Example of a DM that a Mod or admin could use to address reports with someone

    Text from report

    (can include multiple reports here with gaps between them as needed)

    [content of their message addressing the report to the user]

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Silence! You dare question a mod of my abilities? Banned!

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    [–] 34 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    In my experience, mods in general have gotten extremely bad. Lemmy, reddit, basically all social media is being moderated without the least amount of professionality, standard or competency.

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Squid can be a little quirky like that sometimes.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    Sometimes? They are the only person I have ever blocked in all of my years on both reddit or lemmy. Such an odd combination of self importance, rage, entitlement and ego.

    I'd almost forgotten about them until they showed up in a screenshot for being exactly how I remember.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've been threatened/banned for calling out propaganda too

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You should reach out to lemmy.world's admins about the situation, explain the problem to them and they might be able to help with it. I'd recommend doing the same thing any time an issue comes up around this particular mod. Eventually they'll get enough complaints and he'll be given the boot from those communities by the administration.

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    FlyingSquid flaunts his mod powers and bans users which don't submit to his Zionist world views by making shit up.

    Lemmy.World is the most Reddit of Lemmies.

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    I'm so glad I finally made an account so I can block that particular reddit-type user. Might have to bounce instances based on how this goes.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why is it whenever I notice a mod, or see anyone complain about a mod, it's always the exact same mod?

    Are all Lemmy mods chill except this singular prickly tranch?

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