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Mastodon [and the Fediverse generally] Has A Serious SPAM Problem | Brodie Robertson (www.youtube.com)
submitted 6 months ago by SmokeInFog@midwest.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9006187

Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of things and the story behind it is absolutely wild.

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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 18 points 6 months ago

he whines as he broadcasts from ad-riddled youtube

[-] PlexSheep@feddit.de 22 points 6 months ago

Ads are just spam that someone pays for

[-] Supermariofan67@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

Did you... watch the video? You act as if he's bashing the fediverse or isn't a strong supporter of it

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 6 months ago

i just hate youtube

[-] halm@leminal.space 18 points 6 months ago

No, YouTube has a serious idiot commenter problem.

[-] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Both can be true.

[-] halm@leminal.space -2 points 6 months ago

Sure, but when the first claim comes from a sensationalist youtuber, its claim to veracity sort of loses weight.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 2 points 6 months ago

They are all shills sucking ads for profit

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

you'll really are whining about the video, instead trying to help with the issue

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch -3 points 6 months ago

Oh really and you must be the one doing all the work eh ?

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

no, but i'm not trying to hide the problem

[-] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 4 points 6 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/watch?v=_KCwq9e-H5M

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2024
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