8/25/23 LemmyNSFW Site Announcements Thread
8/25/23 LemmyNSFW Site Announcements Thread
Hey yall! Just wanted pop on here to announce some things to keep yall in the loop.
We're here, we're alive. A lot of the team has just been pretty busy IRL so it's been more a focus on making things run smoothly rather than figuring out how to proactively improve things. Thankfully I personally am a lot less busy IRL (for now) and will be using it as an opportunity to put together staff apps and look thru inactive communities a bit more, as well as trimming down the sidebar and fixing up the docs pages.
NSFW Posts show up without needing to login now!
For those who may not have already noticed, but our lovely backend team (major thanks to @yay!) have made it a bit easier to navigate communities and posts without needing to login. Others on other instances should be able to browse local communities here now as well as to be able to access new communities better. We are working on improving the front end and although NSFW posts are blurred by default we are going to make an age gate that you need to click on.
We will be implementing alternative front end UIs
No ETA on when, but that's something people have expressed interest. The mod tools on some alternative front ends are miles ahead of lemmy's current one.
Staff apps are coming!
I am working on staff apps, but I am very averse to google forms. If there is any more privacy focused alternative (self hosted is fine if need be!) then please let me know in the comments below. I am personally more and more averse to google as I use the fediverse more.
Addressing recent spam & defederation
So, lemmy is kind of busted when it comes to cross platform posting especially from mastodon (ok, kind of is an understatement lol) but I defederated from some of the biggest sources of spam thus far.
I also have utilized a "fediblock" block list cataloguing some of the "worst of the worst" instances known within the fediverse. I tried being as selective as possible by vetting instances listed first, finding receipts, as well as using my own knowledge of some of the worst fediverse instances as well. I didn't want to copy and paste a blocklist without vetting what was going in first out of risk that something might slip thru.
We have defederated from a lot of fediverse instances (pretty much all of them arent lemmy, but it's not worth risking it with these awful places we defederated from) and man, there are some abhorrent places in the fediverse. Having things being able to be easily selfhosted is a double edged sword sometimes. Unfortunately lemmy is not like other fediverse platforms that allow hiding domains, so if you decide to peek at the /instances page to view what has been blocked do not interact or visit the instances we have defederated from as more than quite a few are known to host genuine illegal content. You have been warned.
I will be scouring more and seeing which other of the "worst of the worst" places since it feels important to be proactive about other communities that may pose a risk for some members here as our instance grows. Please know I am defederating only the instances that either present a genuine legal problem to our community if their content is federated in or could pose a potential safety risk for vulnerable community members (especially towards trans folks.. there's so many anti-lgbt instances its really quite upsetting.) Know I am doing my due diligence, finding receipts and in some very very select cases (unfortunately) visiting the sites myself to vet them myself.
With that being said, I think it's worth stating given the fact there are just so many anti-LGBT instances in the fediverse (many of which we have blocked thus far) and as more people have shuffled in recently please know that this instance aims to be a safe place for LGBT folks, and has a very strict policy against transphobia. I myself am a gay man, and take support with my trans and nonbinary siblings extremely seriously. The team is pretty much unanimous in our support for LGBT folk, and that's not something we're ever going to budge on. If there's anything that seems hateful please report it directly to an admin and we will take care of it as soon as possible.
New features are coming to lemmy (soon!)
There's quite a few new good stuff in the works for lemmy, and for those who are seeing from other instances you will be able to block domains on lemmy (hopefully soon!)
Of course that doesn't fix all the issues present, but it's a big step in a positive direction.
Anyway, it is 2am here. I'm heading to bed. I will be responding tomorrow morning and throughout the day. Feel free to comment below questions, comments, concerns, what have you. I'll try to respond as I time allows.
Thanks for all the work you guys put into this place!
Thanks again for all the good work. It's very much appreciated. Especially what you said about supporting our LGBT community members. I may be a cishet white male, but I'm firmly devoted to love and tolerance, and it pains me to see that kind of hate in the world. Thank you for at least keeping it off of this site.
From another queer user, I just want to say thank you for making a safe space!
Thank you for your work!
Ha, glad you have a strong enough stomach to sift through the worst of the Fediverse. Sorry you have to go through that. I have no doubt everyone here appreciates your diligence.
Thank you!
When can we start following lemmynsfw users?
Those are great news! Feels like the instance is past their teens and maturing well.
Thank you for taking a stand against transphobia and abuse! Your efforts are valued.
As usual I see nothing to complain about or add. Keep up the good work, it's appreciated.
Thank you very much to the LemmyNSFW team for all your hard work, and for keeping this a safe place for us. I greatly appreciate the time and energy your spend keeping this site running.
If anyone is interested in a good web front-end that works on desktop/tablets/mobile, I can strongly recommend Voyager - https://vger.app.
Miles better than the official web front-end, and if any folks are used to Apollo, you'll feel right at home with Voyager.
What bothers me is just how bad the official Lemmy UI is. I appreciate Lemmy was developed by a very small crew, but simple bugs like being on a second page, navigating to a post, and then navigating back shows you first page content despite the pagination showing it's on second page. That's not even mentioning how weird/awful the UI looks in mobile and desktop mode.
Sorry for having a whinge, but the UI is the one thing that has been stopping me from really getting into Lemmy, and until I found Voyager, I was nearly ready to give up (as an end user) due to the bugs.
Whoa. http://vger.app is quite impressive.
Thanks! I enjoy having safe places to explore sexuality! You are doing great!
for the forms i would recommend https://framaforms.org/abc/en/ from the french free software association framasoft can alos be self hosted
Thanks for all the work you all are doing to make this server happen, everyday.
Thanks so much for all your hard work. I just joined yesterday and it was clear then that you all are working hard to keep things safe for all and running smooth. Can we send tips? Cash, I mean, of course. Hah
edit: Literally it was the next link on my home page. Please support these folks!
Hate to say this, but I think removing federated downvote support like Beehaw did might be warranted due to pervasive brigades.
What do you mean? I haven't seen evidence of brigades thus far.
As an admin, I guess you know more than me. But the timing of mass downvotes sure suggests coordination.
What do you mean by mod apps?
Applications to become a server admin? idk lol
Hey, one thing I just noticed - if I share a link via iMessage (and presumably anything else that uses that metadata) images show up with no blurring. Think it would probably make sense for that open graph (?) image preview to be blurred.
Unfortunately lemmy is not like other fediverse platforms that allow hiding domains, so if you decide to peek at the /instances page to view what has been blocked do not interact or visit the instances we have defederated from as more than quite a few are known to host genuine illegal content. You have been warned.
I took a glance at the list, and the amount of blocked instances that straight-up mention pedo shit in their URL makes me sick.
To be honest this is going to be a growing issue. Lemmy World already had to disable image hosting and shut down the LemmyShitpost community because spammers from other instances were straight-up overloading the community with tonnes of CP.
I think it would be wise to approach federation from a whitelist rather than a blacklist perspective. Require trusted communities to opt in to be federated with you.
It's an overall issue within the fediverse. Thankfully there are tools and ideas being discussed on how to best address it.
Nextcloud is a fantastic self-hosted open source replacement for Google apps. It has a forms component that you could use. I run Nextcloud on my home server. It is pretty awesome.
I'm trying to create a community but nothing happens when I click "Create". What's up?
Same thing happens for me.
EDIT: I tried again just now and was able to create a new community. Might be restricted based on account age, number of posts, or some other metric. Maybe an admin can shed some light on this.
I just discovered my Lemmy.world account was banned for CSAM. All I've been doing is reposting popular stuff from Reddit and Danbooru. Literally just using "hot/popular" categories and grabbing stuff. I'm wondering what to do. I don't want to get us defederated but with anime characters (presumably what I was banned for) the artists all play fast and loose with age. I don't want to play games with the content or rules, push any boundaries. Just keep the community alive with appropriate content. I just asked the Lemmy.world support community for advice on how to proceed but they've been unhelpful. I can be sure to only post busty characters if that helps but I was hoping to gather opinions. I didn't feel like I was posting Moe pedo shit with the petite women. After all, Danbooru/Reddit admins obviously didn't take issue. I don't really want to cause any issues, just create quick and easy content for the subs. I posted primarily in Ecchi and Hentai if you want an informed opinion
You were banned for posting lolicon. We go on a per case basis of what looks too young for drawn content, and what you posted looked far too young by both lemmynsfw standards and lemmy.worlds.
How long does the signup process take at the moment? It has been a couple of days now and I haven’t gotten a response. I’ve tried twice but had no response for any…
Sorry, been swamped with things. Will approve accounts now :P
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