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Is there a federation issue with lemmy.world? (self.feddituk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by blackn1ght to c/feddituk

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I've noticed today that world@lemmy.world hasn't had any new posts or comments for about a day now.

However when I go to https://lemmy.world/c/world in the browser there's way more activity.

The post when on feddit.uk https://feddit.uk/post/2700378

Same post when on Lemmy.world https://lemmy.world/post/5717372?scrollToComments=true

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[–] GreatAlbatross 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tom was discussing more admins previously iirc. I think if that happens within a reasonable time, and enough people are added to keep responses prompt, the site will be ok.

However, if it continues with absence, it's not a good situation. Especially when images are stored locally, all it takes is some malicious party spamming horrible images (or potentially even CSAM), and the site would be a smoking crater.

[–] spacedogroy 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is probably the highest risk, in my opinion. I honestly think Lemmy needs some automated solution to monitoring and scanning for CSAM content, because as a user I don't want to exposed to it and as an admin I wouldn't want to be in the position where I am responsible for censoring it.

I think lemmy.world have kind of made a good point here: we need an admin in place who's reactive and willing to maintain the server regularly - in a moderation and a technical sense - or we should consider migrating to a larger instance.

This is no dig at @tom as he's done a phenomenal job here and has undoubtedly spent time and money in creating this instance, but it would be good to get a sense off him whether he really feels he wants to continue on with the project. If not, it should lead to a larger discussion of where to go from here, because I don't think the status quo is sustainable.

[–] mackwinston 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's CSAM? (I don't want to google it, it sounds "risky" from the context).

[–] fakeman_pretendname 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It basically means "pornography with children in it", though I'm unsure of the specifics of the abbreviation, and likewise don't want to google it.

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

It stands for child sexual abuse material if I remember correctly

[–] Emperor 8 points 1 year ago

Tom was discussing more admins previously iirc. I think if that happens within a reasonable time, and enough people are added to keep responses prompt, the site will be ok.

Yes, it's easily fixed, so no need to start panicking yet.

I've emailed Tom, I've spoken to some else who has used another email address, we'll get this sorted. Hopefully, pretty quickly.