How to deal with spam magazines?
from SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org to fediverse@lemmy.world on 12 Nov 00:34
https://kbin.melroy.org/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/559505

I wanted to ask something about handling spam, but magazine sized, since I noticed things like kbin.melroy.org/m/gaming and kbin.melroy.org/m/berita12 that are closed and only seem to host spam links. Do you report all the posts, just hail the admins? Sorry if it’s not the right place, couldn’t find MbinSupport or something similar.

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DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca on 12 Nov 00:40 next collapse

You can likely just block the magazine for yourself, or you can contact kbin.melroy.org/u/melroy about it.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 12 Nov 00:47 next collapse

Generally, the admins. I don’t know if kbin/mbin are different, but on most platforms the admins don’t see what’s going on in each community unless someone brings it to their attention.

aasatru@kbin.earth on 12 Nov 07:16 collapse

Yeah, it's the same in mbin. It's pretty common for spam bots here to create their own magazines to post in, for some reason. It's a bit weird, because generally nobody will see their posts at all. I guess it might have to do with SEO?

Anyway, I try to weed them out by sorting by new and local now and then, but other than that they're hard to spot. Reports are much appreciated.

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 12 Nov 01:16 next collapse

talk to the admin

https://kbin.melroy.org/contact

recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca on 12 Nov 01:20 next collapse

Reporting typically works best👍

nanook@friendica.eskimo.com on 12 Nov 01:51 collapse

@recursive_recursion @SharkAttak I've yet to get anything beyond a form letter from the abuse addresses I've reported spam to and the spam keeps coming uninterrupted. Blocking offending IP space is more effective.

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 12 Nov 02:51 collapse

users dont block incoming IPs for instances.

this is useless advice for op.

Jerry@feddit.online on 12 Nov 01:48 next collapse

Yes, please report it. As mentioned by catloaf, speaking as an Admin, there's no way for an Admin to know about the abuse in any community/magazine unless someone reports it. Reports are very appreciated.

BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de on 12 Nov 11:38 next collapse

there is !AskMbin and also the matrix chat: https://matrix.to/#/#mbin:melroy.org if you need mbin specific help in the future :)

Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world on 12 Nov 21:30 collapse

I don’t know how it is on mbin but on Lemmy the best thing to do is message the admins directly, and not bother reporting. This is because Lemmy’s developers give way to much credit to the legitimacy of forum moderators and do not allow a way for reports to only be sent to administrators, meaning that community mods like these can easily dismiss reports before they are seen by admins. So best thing to do is message them directly at the current time.