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1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 13:28:05 EDT Ji Fu

   It looks like a DDoS but Its not #HugOfDeath

   Thanks to the #RedditMigration and #redditBlackOut the "flagship" instances of #lemmy and #kbin have been experiencign the "hug of death" #DdOS If you have the ability to spin up an instance to help out, please do. Alternatively get folks to register for smaller instances like lemmy.ca fedi.io feddit.de and even ones that ar
   e primarily in languages other than your own fedia.io/

   fediverse.observer/search?quer…

   fediverse.observer/search?quer…

   Oh and dont' forget #Friendica, which lets you interact with Kbin Magazines and Lemmy communites very easily as it treats them like #FriendicaFroums (i.e. libranet.de/contact/4325512/co… for @Good News ) fediverse.observer/search?quer…

   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 15:09:05 EDT lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      @fu https://lemmy.pineapplemachine.com/post/5781
      
      Claims that the largest #Lemmy instance is deleting content and accounts.
      1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 15:20:29 EDT Ji Fu

         in reply to
         @LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} yep, that's what Marxist-Leninists do. I wouldn't recommend anyone create an account on lemmy.ml regardless.
         1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 15:56:26 EDT GeniusMusing

            in reply to
            @fu @lnxw48a1
            
            >This came to my attention because of how lemmy user bans are federated just like everything else
            
            Wait What?!?
            
            So if I am reading this correctly, anybody can be banned from any instance or is it just the notification of the ban that is federated?
            1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 16:09:30 EDT Ji Fu

               in reply to

               @GeniusMusing @LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} I'm not a lemmy dev, but my understanding is that when a user from say @libranet.de is banned from a community on @lemmy.ml they cannot interact or be seen within that community even if viewed from a different.

               so www.lemmy.ca/c/memes@lemmy.ml would not show any content from @Ji Fu, even if I had been banned from lemmy.ml but not lemmy.ca

               does that make sense?

               1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 18:50:05 EDT GeniusMusing

                  in reply to
                  @fu @lnxw48a1
                  
                  I did find this in the docs.
                  
                  Federation Lemmy Documentation
                  https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/contributors/05-federation.html
                  
                  >Block User
                  >
                  >Blocks a user so he can't participate anymore. The scope is determined by the target field: either a community, or a whole instance. The removeData field can optionally be set to indicate that all previous posts of the user should be deleted.
                  
                  It also includes an expire date/time field, so I guess it is the same as a ban.
                  
                  It does seem rather harsh that someone who could be discussing (assume a polite difference of view) something that a mod (with an objection to the view) on a different instance can ban them globally for it.
                  1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 20:01:48 EDT lnxw48a1

                     in reply to
                     @geniusmusing @fu I'd guess that a ban on instance A only applies to that instance and to communities hosted there. If the user's account is on instance B, a ban on instance A shouldn't affect communities hosted on instance C.
               2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 19:57:38 EDT lnxw48a1

                  in reply to
                  @fu @geniusmusing
                  
                  That seems like instance admins are too powerful. This is just a guess, but each community probably has a home instance. That instance's admin could then ban the community or ban people from joining / interacting with that community, even if they're on another instance.
                  
                  Likely the issue comes from everyone (users and communities) piling onto lemmy.ml.
                  
                  That said, it has been a frequent complaint that #Fediverse admins have too much power. Networks like #Nostr attempt to remove or dilute such power.