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Mastodon [and the Fediverse generally] Has A Serious SPAM Problem | Brodie Robertson (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

he whines as he broadcasts from ad-riddled youtube

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Ads are just spam that someone pays for

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

i just hate youtube

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, YouTube has a serious idiot commenter problem.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both can be true.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They are all shills sucking ads for profit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fair

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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