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Is it just me, or is Lemmy starting to have a spam problem? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by ClassicallyCommie@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Perhaps this isn't new, as I've only been on Lemmy for around 3 months, but up until this point I hadn't noticed spam, advertising, scams, etc at all on Lemmy. However, within the last 2 days I've seen at least 3 examples of obvious spam posts, made by accounts clearly dedicated to that purpose. Has anyone else noticed this? And are there steps we could take to counter it (perhaps a report button)?

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[–] ClassicallyCommie@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that Lemmy doesn't keep track of user karma. Perhaps it does internally but doesn't display it in the ui? Otherwise, this sounds like a good suggestion.

[–] masu@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

The code for total user karma is in the backend, but just isn't utilized in this instance. You absolutely can access it though.