I’ve seen this bot here since January, and the fucking thing still doesn’t let up.

  • Sudomeapizza@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    After hearing about this for months, I have finally also been the recipient of them xD

    I just find it most amusing that their room for chatting is “hell”

  • technohippie@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I wonder what this bot is trying to do. The friendica being just a weird profile, the discord just had a bunch of confused basement dwellers and I haven’t seen any creepy links trying to rob us…

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve only ever received one from them. One of the fediverse’s flaws is no central blacklist so if your instance isn’t moderated well and actively you’re gonna have a bad time.

    I think I remember them talking about tools and lists to share between instances but idk what the progress is on that or who was in charge of it.

  • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I got only one, but I didn’t block it so we’ll see.

    It’s a shame people can’t just seek out friends at random for real, but in this day and age it’s obviously a scam.

    Granted, Lemmy people… idk, I guess a Lemmy friend is the kind you dm when you accidentally break your Linux. Or idk, discuss Marxism? Lol

    • muhyb@programming.devEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Blocking doesn’t work since they create new accounts on bunch of different Lemmy instances every time.

    • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I think the issue is the “random” part of it. If I had a back and forth with someone on a gaming or LGBT or political organizing community, and the exchange was pleasant and they wanted to chat more, I wouldn’t be opposed, but if I’ve never interacted with someone and they are essentially spamming any and everyone the same copypasta, yea that’s not someone I want to interact with. Shout out to lemmings that help with Linux too.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Almost all of these turn into attempts to get the target to buy into some crypto scam or other.

      It’s not meant to catch people who are moderately aware, it’s meant to catch the stupid, ignorant, and easy to manipulate. Being an obvious scam is part of the utility - it saves time by naturally filtering out anyone who is too aware to actually give them any money.

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Ah. Gotcha. It’s super annoying. I wish there was a way to block messages based on keywords, but this isn’t really the purpose of Lemmy. I guess, neither is scamming people, but here we are.