Lemmy.world Support
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Lemmy cookie expiring and forgetting everything?
Posted this to AskLemmy (https://lemmy.world/post/17088629), but thought it worth posting here:
I use old.lemmy.world as my interface and I've noticed that roughly every month I'm:
- Forcibly logged out and have to do the re-auth dance for no apparent reason.
- Everything I've set in Settings is forgotten: Default Listing reverts to All, Default Post Sort reverts to Hot, and so on.
My browser is set to retain cookies and such, so it's not PEBKAC/PICNIC. Why is Lemmy doing a nuke-from-low-orbit every month (roughly) despite me using it as recently as the day before? Why aren't my preferences being retained between logins?
I suspect the recent update (https://mastodon.world/@LemmyWorld/112706805419064266) explains the latest event, but the questions still stand.
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What's changed in the Alexandrite interface?
If I bring up things like mail or a post in a new tab, I have to go into Login/Manage Accounts and choose my account to do anything in that tab.
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We have GOT to do something about these bots....
Ok, so I've been here almost two months now. And I'm a frequent commenter. What I have noticed is that almost every single comment I make gets exactly 1 downvote. Regardless of where, regardless of content. Doesn't matter what I say. I could say "Puppies are snuggly!" and it would get one downvote.
This leads me to believe there's a bot (or maybe a series of bots) who go around and make sure everything gets downvotes. I don't see the point of that.
Look, sometimes I make comments that people ACTUALLY don't agree with. I made a joke comment about trump and biden being young unheard of up and comers in the political world that haven't reached drinking age yet. I thought it was funny, but last I checked it had more downvotes than upvotes. Ok, fair enough. That joke bombed. I'll take the L on that one.
But to downvote everything across the board? It's hard to tell when my material is just barely landing, or just barely not landing........as opposed to now assuming the downvote is a bot and I can't trust the negitive reaction.
So, maybe this post could serve as a brainstorm session for how to combat this very minor problem. I'm not a techie with any knowledge of how bots operate, let alone how to stop them. But I'm sure others on this forum do. So lets hash this thing out!
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Unable to post
I'm unable to post with my .world account, because it throws a 401 error. I'm able to vote on posts and comments just fine.
It happens with both Connect and Jerboa. I've tried logging out and back in with Jerboa, but it doesn't help.
This happened about a week ago too; I waited a few days and I was eventually able to post again.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
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Reset password button doesn't do anything!
I am locked out because reset password doesn’t do anything, well guess what? Im not registering in lemmy.world anymore!
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Request to mod [email protected]
Mod has been inactive for a year, and I’d like to take it over and help it generate more traffic.
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Is this still freedom of speech or it crosses into hate?
lemmy.world Hindu Sluts Domination - Lemmy.WorldHindu women have always worshiped big circumcised muslim dicks, this community is a place for posting photos and videos about muslim men dominating hindu sluts.
Honest question about the acceptance lines, not trying to trigger a response
Personally, I feel this is misogynistic and derogatory. But maybe I'm the one out of line
Btw, is there some other way to flag a whole community to the mods?
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Request to mod [email protected]
Hi :)
All mods on [email protected] are inactive, and it'd be useful going forward if we could get an active mod. I'm on a different instance, obviously, but I don't mind doing it. If you'd rather make someone with an account on this instance mod that's fine and I'll ask if there are any volunteers.
Is that possible?
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Does Proton count as a temporary email?
I have a friend who is trying to set up an account on Lemmy, but they don't like to use their real email, so they use aliases from Proton. Are such aliases allowed for making accounts on Lemmy.World?
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Request to un-delete c/climate
I deleted it when it didn't gain enough traction, and I'd like to revive it.
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Potential spam communities
The sidebar is full of links and the user has zero posts.
Communities
https://lemmy.world/c/sdfsgsdgsdhg https://lemmy.world/c/dfhdkjfdgfdhg https://lemmy.world/c/amnbjsdgsg
Users
https://lemmy.world/u/carolinamobe https://lemmy.world/u/nilssyacaloni https://lemmy.world/u/susuganan
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What are the criteria for trending communities?
So I do NOT understand what makes a community trend. I thought I'd use it to discover communities I didn't even know I wanted. Instead, I've found a few communities I have no interest in, and thats fine. Not all communities are going to cater to everybodies tastes.
But the real puzzler for me, is when I click a trending community, and theres 2 subsubscribers, 0 posts ever. What exactly qualifies that as a trending communities???
I don't know if everybody sees the same trending communities, but if you do, theres one right now with a jumbled bunch of letters as the community name, no posts, 2 subscribers And the sidebar is a bunch of imdb links.......
What am I supposed to do with that information? Why is THAT trending??? Is this a case of mods of that community (all one of them) are also the developers of Lemmy, so they program it that way? Or is this some algorithm thing that I don't get???
What is going on here?
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Slur filter censoring the string "the app" (without a space in between)
So, not sure if I am completely off base here, but I had this odd thing happen today where I couldn't post an URL because whenever I did, part of it would be replaced with the text removed. You can see what I am talking about in the screenshot, and I am linking my comment below. Another commenter replied saying it was likely something related to a slur filter in my instance, so I am coming here for help to understand the issue. Sorry if this is completely wrong, I am not very well versed in the workings of the fediverse and different instance implementations. Here's the comment:
https://lemmy.world/comment/10534403
EDIT: if it matters, I am using the Boost for Lemmy android client
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Analytics Tools for Community Mods
Hi,
There are summary statistics shared in the bottom of the sidebar.
Is there any way for moderators to access this data on a temporal basis (e.g. week by week or month by month).
This would be very helpful in analyzing community dynamics and increasing community popularity.
Cheers,
Agent Karyo
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The lemmy.ml Problem
Dear Admins and Users of lemmy.world,
I am writing to express my concerns about the impact of lemmy.ml on our community. It has come to my attention that lemmy.ml frequently disseminates propaganda and engages in historical revisionism. Moreover, there have been instances where their admin privileges were used to suppress dissenting views, reminiscent of the already defederated lemmygrad instance.
While personal blocking of lemmy.ml is an option, it does not address the broader issue of new users potentially being influenced by misleading content. It is crucial that we protect our users from a continuous stream of biased information.
To illustrate these concerns, I have provided a link to a detailed post on the Fediverse that documents these issues comprehensively [Here].
Given these points, I urge the admins to consider a defederation from lemmy.ml. If their users wish to remain part of Lemmy.ml, that is entirely acceptable, but we should take steps to prevent the propagation of harmful misinformation, especially in their comment sections.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Lemmy.World acts different on my tablet than it does on my cell phone.
I like Lemmy.World. I'd like you use old.lemmy.world as my default experience.
On my cellphone, I just click it in the sidebar. Done.
On my tablet, I click it. It just displays a blank white page. Refreshing does not help. If I type in old.Lemmy.World, I get the old ui loaded, but I'm logged out, and it will not allow me to log in. It accepts the log in as a correct username/password, but then reloads the old ui with me still logged out.
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Can't create community
I have tried to create a community on multiple browsers, devices and from multiple different internet connections (no vpn) and have not received an error.
The community name is available and I’ve tried with/without images and the description field.
Could an admin please message me so I can get the community created? Thanks
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Recent spam from discuss.online
Are folks aware of this issue? Is de-federation being discussed or is it not that bad yet? Everything I've seen as a mod and as a user is just BS about "investment opportunities". But the volume of these comments is going waaay up these past couple days.
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Posts aren't forwarding to lemmy.world communities
Hi, for at least 7 days, posts created on Mastodon on the wetdry.world server that mention the communities @[email protected] and @[email protected] have not been forwarding correctly.
The server does not restrict access to lemmy.world at all, mastodon.world is marked as limited but that doesn't apply to Lemmy.
I'm posting from the @[email protected] and @[email protected] accounts and they always have the handle for the respective Lemmy community at the bottom of our posts.
Thanks in advance for the support!
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automatically clean up tracking and other tags in posted urls
Example (spam post containing an amazon affiliate link, post hopefully deleted by now but I assume mods/admins can see it): https://lemmy.world/post/15846936
Also there are tons of links people post legitimately but have tracking parameters, gclid=this, fbclid=that, etc. Those can be cleaned up too.
By editing out these parameters automatically when the link is posted, people's privacy can be protected and the incentive to post affiliate spam can be decreased.
It could be a server config parameter and/or put into the posting UI: "your post contains [link] with flagged parameters, choose between a) post cleaned up version (shown), or b) post link without changes (may go into moderation queue depending on community settings)."
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Unread Count Says 1, While Inbox is Empty
I mainly use the Mlem app, and today I got a notification that I had one new inbox item. When I checked my inbox, I saw that it was empty.
Before I submitted a big report, I wanted to see what happened on the lemmy.world website. As shown in the attached screenshot, it too shows one unread item, but nothing in the inbox.
So I’m led to believe this is an issue with the server. And if not, then at least I have done my due diligence before reporting this to the Lemmy devs.
In either case, is there anybody here who could help me get this resolved; or at least pointed in the right direction?
Thank you!
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Propose defederation?
It seems like every user on annihilation.social is a racist idiot, and indeed seems to be the entire purpose of that instance. Who do we talk to about starting a discussion on defederation so that they can't use lemmy.world to spread their vile hatred?
For example, one is referencing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion like it's a true thing and the other is talking about how God hates race mixing.
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Requesting popculture community
The only mod on [email protected] is a banned user. I'd like to start posting on this community but I'm hesitant to use an unmoderated community. Can I be made a moderator?
On a side note, the banned user is still listed as a mod on a number of communities. Are banned users supposed to be removed as moderators or is there no policy on that? And what happens if a community is unmoderated on Lemmy?
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Upvotes and comments not federating from small community
I started a community on this instance, and when I view it from other instances, it doesn't show any upvotes or comments. Is there any way to fix it? the community is [email protected]
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Light/Dark theme auto switching Firefox
Hey All
I am running Firefox on pop!_OS and have an extension that switches my themes between light and dark. It works really well and have set all my apps to follow system theme. I am running Firefox and it does switch well and my Lemmy setting is set to follow the browser. It was working well for a long time, but the last two months I have noticed that lemmy does not auto switch the theme. Is there something I can do on my end?
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Why does deleting a post not actually delete it?
I'm still new to how lemmy works exactly but why does trying to delete a post not actually remove it? It's still fully viewable so are you not able to delete posts on here at all? I'm a bit confused.
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Comments don't load?
Lately I'm seeing this more and more where posts have comments that will refuse to load. It seems like the issue is getting progressively worse. Right now, I'm using the Alexandrite front end but the default has the same issue where comments don't load.
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[Answered] Do we have a setting to block posts that contain keywords yet?
Hi!
I know that this question was asked several months ago, and the response was that there wasn't a setting for it. Has a setting that blocks posts with keywords been implemented since?
Thanks in advance!
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Website block randomly popping up from my virus protection while here on Lemmy
I'm not sure if there are certain images on here causing this popup to appear or what, and I wonder if someone can help me figure this out. I wonder if its something that will need to be blocked or an instance that needs to be de-federated until the admin of it agrees to remove the Malware that is causing it to happen. Here is a screenshot I managed to take of the popup.
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federation issue to instance
I cant seem to get timely post federation to my instance (moist.catsweat.com) from lemmy.world. I might see a new post every few hours instead of every minute or so.
posts from other lemmy instances (lemmy.ca, lemmy.ml, dbzer0, etc) have no problem.
i see a ton of lemmy.world traffic in my nginx logs... it seems very specific to 'new posts'. voting/comments seem to come through no problem once the post shows up.
ive checked a few other instances similar to mine, and they are not having this issue. so it seems something specific to lemmy.world and my instance.
i do recall a similar issue several months back, and it involved a lemmy.world admin resetting some outbound queue.
any ideas?
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[SERIOUS] Can I post a Picture of @Ruud wearing different styles of hats ?
I was actually thinking about making a community for him called, 'Pictures of Ruud wearing a hat' Where basically You just post his profile picture with him Wearing a different style of hat.
It's got to be a different style of hat though every time.
I'm being serious lol I think it would be fun. Like light hearted cutesie silly kinda thing.
The only caveat though, is he HAS to join and also give his honest opinion about what he thinks about the style of hat the OP puts on him in the picture.
Like he has to say if it sucks or not if he likes the color and stuff.
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Infinite spinning issue when commenting on a post
I just found that I'm getting the infinite spinning issue when commenting on a post in [email protected] and not sure what the issue is as it is the same on two different computers.
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Requesting [email protected]
Mod has been inactive for months, and I'd like to take it over and help it generate more traffic. They have dozens of other communities they gobbled up during the API protests which have also been abandoned, just fyi.
Also forgot to add, I messaged them a few weeks ago about joining the team to revive the community, and haven't received a response.
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1 day ban for spamming, yet the comment I made was unique
I am being unfairly targeted with temp bans despite doing my best to follow the moderators requests.
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[Request] I would like to take over an abandoned community
[email protected] doesn't have much traction but I'm trying to change that and there are a good amount of subscribers. Unfortunately the only mod seems to have created the community, made one post, and not returned in the ten months since. I've messaged them but I'm not hopeful they'll ever come back to Lemmy to see it.
I understand the concerns over "power" mods. While I do mod a few communities already only a few get any real engagement and I try to be pretty hands off with them, only removing obvious spam and trolling.
Thank you for your consideration.
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An issue when posting a post with a link
For some reason, the link in the post I've just made appears twice: under the title (red on the screenshot), and as a link preview above the post body (blue on screenshot). All other post only have the link under the title, but no preview.
Most other posts look totally different and have the link only appear once under the title (for example, this one: https://lemmy.world/post/14822763).
How do I fix this? Because I couldn't find any "hide the link preview" button in the post editor?
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does lemmy world automod removing a post from Ani social affect only lemmy world?
I posted a picture in thiccmoe. I later got a message that it was removed NSFW. That's fair.
I asked the mod of that community and they didn't do anything and don't know what I'm talking about. Also, if I go to that community, it's still there.
I went back to my messages and noticed it's from automod at lemmy world, not Ani social. The community is on Ani social.
How does that work? Does that mean it's only removed for lemmy world users since the automod is from lemmy world? Does it affect anything on Ani social?