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Curious. Why would someone even troll here? I thought the point was notoriety. In this small corner of the web? What do they gain? I'll never understand some people.
2023-10-24 · 7 months ago
It's a sad day in gemini history when one of the central capsules close down registrations due to one of, if not, THE first example on gemini of trolls doing harm and ruining a good thing for everyone.
On the bright side, we can all think of this as an opportunity to foster some organic exclusive patronage here the same some communities do on the internet: it'll be like when LUElinks had to move registration to invite only, or when Demonoid, what.cd, and h33t ran off limited user registration and word-of-mouth pass-it-down models of spreading activity to avoid unwanted attention.
May I ask what sort of trolling is happening? If it's possible to describe without accomplishing the troller's goal, of course. I suppose it's largely morbid curiosity, but I am curious if it's political or some buy-viagra kind of spamming...
@gyaradong The point of trolling is getting attention. Even if they're just getting attention from a small group of people in a tiny corner of the internet, they still get that rush from being seen. It's a very sad state of existence for those people.
I missed the drama, what happened? Someone posted a racial slur and said they’re alt-right or something?
Nothing too dramatic, just some slurs and other inappropriate content and subspaces.
Registrations are now back open. You can always @admin to report content that does not follow the Code of Conduct.
@skyjake Thanks for your effort.
Yesterday I was looking for the [at]admin info in BBS' help, but couldn't find it. You might want to add it.
BTW, notifiying the admin openly could make the notifier a target for harrassment.
@michaelnordmeyer Yeah, it's not a substitute for a properly done private Report action.
Trolls at the gate — I've turned off user registration for a bit. If you urgently want a new account, feel free to contact me by email or fedi.
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