is there is any Lemmy server that care about privacy(does not require email), Does not impose limits on community posts like my current instance and does not have high amount of restrictions?
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that now has your IP address and your host string, as well as matching your ID to any sales trackers you happen to have, basically all you need to uniquely identify a user across sessions
All pretty easy to circumvent if you understand privacy. Guess you don't..
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My instance does not require email validation and so far I have zero spammers or bots. There is one thing I am doing different than everyone else. Can you guess what it is?
Why wouldn't you present your solution without the theatricals?
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As long as they're not back to back I don't mind. But what I HATE is people that spam out like 30 posts in one go. I don't want an entire page to be posts from one person/community.
I especially hate it when it's the exact same link, but different communities (shouldn't be an issue for OP, but I hate that shit). Lemmy really needs to fix that. I don't mind people cross posting 30 times, but I only want to see the same link once per page.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]https://piefed.zip/post/100161
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A few options
- https://piefed.social/ - flagship instance
- https://piefed.zip/ - lemmy.zip team
- https://piefed.ca/ - lemmy.ca team
- https://feddit.online/
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Omg, I agree. I hate seeing the same article posted to 10 different instances all lined up in a row.
https://piefed.zip/post/100161
All comments from 5 crossposts in a single view
A few options
- https://piefed.social/ - flagship instance
- https://piefed.zip/ - lemmy.zip team
- https://piefed.ca/ - lemmy.ca team
- https://feddit.online/
[email protected] for an app
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You don’t need 5 posts a day for a community to survive here
"Surving" != "Thriving".
A couple of years ago, I noticed that the front page of HackerNews was consistently getting links from Mastodon posts. That was interesting because it showed that at least one significant part of the tech conversation had moved away from Twitter and into the Fediverse.
No such thing has happened for Lemmy. There is no particular community which is thriving. There is no example of subreddit community that had successfully boycotted Reddit and transplanted here. We have the usual handful of posters, each one trying to maintain their communities "alive", but that is far from its true potential.
There is no example of subreddit community that had successfully boycotted Reddit and transplanted here.
[email protected] is much more active than /r/fediverse
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As long as they're not back to back I don't mind. But what I HATE is people that spam out like 30 posts in one go. I don't want an entire page to be posts from one person/community.
I especially hate it when it's the exact same link, but different communities (shouldn't be an issue for OP, but I hate that shit). Lemmy really needs to fix that. I don't mind people cross posting 30 times, but I only want to see the same link once per page.
I make an exception to that rule for the /c/superbowl. I love seeing a bunch of owls suddenly appear in my feed
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I want to be part of the solution of the problems I see on Lemmy, that is why I opened my alt account at my current server to open new communities while fixing their issues.
I had been informed by the server admin that I should not post more than 5 posts in any local community which is guaranteed to kill my communities on my current server.
I am explaining the backstory here for people to understand my logic for my question.
So, I really appreciate any help here. If anyone can give me good servers to open my communities in.
My current communities:
- News: to lower the load on Lemmy. World server and to improve the Fediverse health.
- Europe: due to less than optimal moderation actions as documented in "power trippin " community.
- Misinformation/ Disinformation: Because there is no community to post research and news about this topic.
Thank you all for your help. I really would appreciate any lead here.
Email is optional on lemmy.sdf.org.
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My instance does not require email validation and so far I have zero spammers or bots. There is one thing I am doing different than everyone else. Can you guess what it is?
I would venture that you spun it up yourself.
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Why wouldn't you present your solution without the theatricals?
I did already. The solution is to charge a small payment from every user. I've been saying that for everyone that cares to hear since 2022.
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I would venture that you spun it up yourself.
It's still open for registrations. The instance is not just for me.
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I think your approach is a good one to ensure real users, reduce spam, and for the admins to be compensated for the service they provide. However, is giving your credit card or bank transfer information to a website less risky or more privacy-focused (one of OP's goals) than giving an email address?
However, is giving your credit card or bank transfer information to a website
You are not giving your payment information to the website. You'd be giving to a payment processor, which has to go through all the regulatory oversight. So, yes, I trust Stripe to handle my payment information more than I'd ever trust any random instance admin with my email.
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All pretty easy to circumvent if you understand privacy. Guess you don't..
So because I posted cybersecurity standard practices, I don't understand privacy.
Please explain your logic
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If you're truly worried about that, turn the Internet off and never come back. What you are asking is impossible.
Incorrect.
Nobody has my IP, self-hosted vpn
My host string changes automatically every 3 minutes, and none of them report my actual system status
Every cookie and cache is purged on close except for a few whitelisted sites, and I regularly run diff scans for evercookies
So yes, it is possible, and is relatively easy to do
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They’re saying “free” email services. What they mean are disposable e-mail services. You go to a website, they provide you with a random e-mail address. You enter that address into the form, check for the verification code on the disposable e-mail site and you’re done with the disposable e-mail. You never visit the disposable site again. Do a search for “disposable email”.
Son I've been using mailinator since before you learned to type
They still track your data, they still sell your usage, in fact THAT IS THE ENTIRE BUSINESS MODEL FOR DISPOSABLE EMAILS
It really staggers me how ignorant everyone in this thread seems to be about basic security practices
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Incorrect.
Nobody has my IP, self-hosted vpn
My host string changes automatically every 3 minutes, and none of them report my actual system status
Every cookie and cache is purged on close except for a few whitelisted sites, and I regularly run diff scans for evercookies
So yes, it is possible, and is relatively easy to do
And are you also clearing the logs at your ISP? If not, you're still being tracked. Even vpns are not as secure as people think they are. It's all trackable at some level.
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There is no example of subreddit community that had successfully boycotted Reddit and transplanted here.
[email protected] is much more active than /r/fediverse
Oh, wow. Thank you for a very good example for self-selection bias!
Seriously, though: why is it that you feel this intense urge to dismiss any and everything I am saying? Don't you think that is a little bit sad that all you can do is this mindless pontification?
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So because I posted cybersecurity standard practices, I don't understand privacy.
Please explain your logic
Your username is incredibly apropos.
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And are you also clearing the logs at your ISP? If not, you're still being tracked. Even vpns are not as secure as people think they are. It's all trackable at some level.
So what you're saying is you don't know what a VPN is, gotcha.
Maybe stop using the word then.
The only person that knows the IP of my VPN is me because I built it and I am the only one who uses it, meaning my ISP doesn't even know its a VPN, and all the traffic is encrypted so it doesn't look any different than all the non-vpn cover traffic I create.
Not even the hosting service knows its a VPN, and in any case my host doesn't keep logs of anything and is not subject to U.S. law
If I was using a public VPN service? Yah I'd be compromised because the access list of every public VPN is constantly being monitored and every time a new IP range is added it is discovered and disseminated within minutes.
So, tell me, I want to hear, how is it you think that I am being tracked. I'm genuinely curious.
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Oh, wow. Thank you for a very good example for self-selection bias!
Seriously, though: why is it that you feel this intense urge to dismiss any and everything I am saying? Don't you think that is a little bit sad that all you can do is this mindless pontification?
I reply when I see absolutes such as "all communities on Lemmy are dead", "all mods are bad ", "all communities are about politics"
It paints the platform in a bad light and it's not accurate.
Don’t you think that is a little bit sad that all you can do is this mindless pontification?
Another example of absolute.
I help this platform grow by regularly posting and engaging with regular users.
Stop using absolute statements and I'll stop replying.
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I reply when I see absolutes such as "all communities on Lemmy are dead", "all mods are bad ", "all communities are about politics"
It paints the platform in a bad light and it's not accurate.
Don’t you think that is a little bit sad that all you can do is this mindless pontification?
Another example of absolute.
I help this platform grow by regularly posting and engaging with regular users.
Stop using absolute statements and I'll stop replying.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I reply when I see absolutes such as “all communities on Lemmy are dead”, "all mods are bad ", “all communities are about politics”
- I didn't make any of these statements
- There is a big difference between "sweeping generalizations" and "categorically correct statements". The former are the statements you give as examples, but the latter can apply to the absolute majority of cases, even if someone has a data point ("the exception that proves the rule") in the contrary.
It paints the platform in a bad light
Why would you think that?
The original argument was "Communities don't need a lot of posting to survive here", and my response is basically saying "we should strive for more than surviving".
It seems like that instead of focusing on the part where I am calling for more action, you decided to focus on what you perceive as criticism and you try to attack that as soon as possible.
Stop using absolute statements and I’ll stop replying
It feels like your problem is not with the "absolute statements", but that you are doing your best to reject reality.
It doesn't matter if the number is 100% or 99% or 92.376%, what matters is that it has been two years since the Reddit boycott and we still do not have a good example of a thriving community here. We had many attempts (the /r/selfhosted people, the /r/blind), but they are by and large still on Reddit. Can you at least agree to that?
