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SharkAttak 5 months ago • mbin

How to deal with spam magazines?

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.

Berita - Mbin

News Games and Techno

^{kbin.melroy.org}

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DerisionConsulting 5 months ago • lemmy

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

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catloaf 5 months ago • lemmy

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.

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aasatru 5 months ago • mbin

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.

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Nanook 5 months ago friendica (DFRN)

One of the things I did, since I happen to own an ISP/Hosting service and thus among other thing, have list servers, I created a "spam" mailing list, I add the address of spammers I receive spam from and I bounce new spams to the list.

originalucifer 5 months ago • mbin

talk to the admin

kbin.melroy.org/contact

Contact - Mbin

content aggregator and micro-blogging platform for the fediverse

^{kbin.melroy.org}

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recursive_recursion they/them 5 months ago • lemmy

Reporting typically works best👍

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Nanook 5 months ago friendica (DFRN)

@recursive_recursion they/them @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 5 months ago • mbin

users dont block incoming IPs for instances.

this is useless advice for op.

Jerry on PieFed 5 months ago • piefed

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.

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BentiGorlich 5 months ago • mbin

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

Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication

You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation

^matrix.to

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Draconic NEO 5 months ago • lemmy

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.

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