Also outs your report publicly, nice !

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And Lemmy has an issue with it’s backend implementation which sometimes causes multiple copies of a comment being posted without the posters knowledge.

It then gets flagged as spam and the poster banned. Ask me how I know.

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how do you know?

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I searched for the issue when it happened to me and saw a bug report for it with the Lemmy devs confirming.

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how do you know?

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how do you know?

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As someone who implement a Lemmy client it might be a client side problem. If the server is struggling you will time out when sending the comment. If the client side has any sort of retry logic it will send the comment again. This can cause the comment to be posted multiple times. There might be a bug on the server as well but I know for sure it can be caused by the client.

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It’s what you are describing, and it’s not a client problem. It’s impossible for a client to solve. You can’t tell whether a timed out request succeeded or not.

Idempotent network requests are a standard feature of many APIs - sending the same request multiple times should result in only one action being performed, but Lemmy doesn’t support them yet.

So yes, it’s “caused” by retries, but the bug is that the backend doesn’t properly support retries. Clients don’t do anything wrong.

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It could/should be handled by the server but it’s technically possible for the client to make due without it. You would need to handle it very carefully. For instance on timeouts, you can issue a get request to see if the comment posted. If it did then you do not issue another post.

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They should do what Reddit does and by default make a 5 second rate limit of sending posts and comments, the first one gets accepted, the next ones get rejected within the 5 second ratelimit.

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Another popular solution I see is to have the client generate a UUID when posting. Then the server can very easily tell if a request is a duplicate.

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It doesn’t solve the problem of your comment request timing out after waiting 30 seconds in a spotty mobile connection. Now that it timed out, you don’t know if it was actually posted or not. A proper API would not post duplicate comments in response to retries of a request that already succeeded (without the client knowing).

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how do you know?

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I did have this happen a few times early on, about a year ago, but haven’t seen it in a while. I’m hoping they fixed some of those bugs.

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I’ve has it happen randomly but not recently

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Well shit. At the same time the ban hammer seems a bit easy both ways :') Like you can at least look at the poster’s history…

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It was reverted when I messaged the mod that banned me, but obviously not a great situation.

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Weird how reddit and lemmy have the exact same issue regarding that.

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CLM - sounds like @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world needs to understand the tools a bit more given how active they are.

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FlyingSquid needs to be booted from everything they mod.

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FlyingSquid is a pathetic human being, who seems to have little else in their life than banning anyone they disagree with. So, just a reddit mod. Question is, why would Lemmy have a chance to grow if it insists on having the same shitty structure as reddit, only with a fraction of a fraction of content that’s available on reddit.

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Most of Lemmy.World is ran by Liberal Zionists who ban anyone that clashes with their world view.

It’s not a FlyingSquid problem, all of their major communities suffer from these power tripping bastards.

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Turns out I’ve blocked this user already. Are they a mod?

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Apparently so? They’re terminally online so it’s disappointing they don’t understand Lemmy better. Had it been almost any other user I wouldn’t have recognized the name at all.

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They’re terminally online

It’s funny you say that. I have them tagged exactly as that after some comment thread they were in. Since I tagged them, it’s unbelievable how often posts and comments from them show up in my feed

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Turns out me too, seems like they’re just a shit person.

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Is that person a mod? I blocked them and my lemmy experience has been way better.

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Same. Literally the only person I’ve blocked. I also made sure to leave every community they mod. Certainly a vibe I could do without.

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This is exactly what I did when I saw them abuse their powers.

The only way to vote on bad mods is not to use their communities where they have power

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looks like you made nine hundred comments in a year. i can scroll past that. but either the counter is broken or flying squid has managed over fifty thousand

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That 50k number may be accurate. I see them comment everywhere. They honestly may be one of the most active users on Lemmy.

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PTB, (or maybe just “clueless bastard”?): Ye publicly outing your report because they don’t understand lemmy is pretty bad.

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PTB, publicly outing reports and trying to intimidate them is not cool, if you want to discuss someone’s reports with them, do it in their DMs.

Also here’s a tip for any admin or mod wishing to discuss the report with someone. Quote the report you’re addressing. I can’t see my own reports, so if an admin or mod wanted to discuss the last reports I made, it’s possible I would have to think really hard to remember what he was talking about, or just flat out not remember. Because I do make a lot of reports, unfortunately, as there is a lot of problematic content and users out there.

Edit: I did make an issue in the Lemmy GitHub requesting this feature, so if you agree that this could be useful I suggest you go express the desire for such a feature over there. I included being able to edit and delete reports, but if that’s too much at least the ability to read my own reports I’ve sent.

Example of a DM that a Mod or admin could use to address reports with someone

Text from report

(can include multiple reports here with gaps between them as needed)

[content of their message addressing the report to the user]

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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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This is a community in the spirit of “Am I The Asshole” where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.

Rules

  • Post only about bans or other sanctions from mod(s).
  • Provide the cause of the sanction (e.g. the text of the comment).
  • Provide the reason given by the mods for the sanction.
  • Don’t use private communications to prove your point. We can’t verify them and they can be faked easily.
  • Don’t deobfuscate mod names from the modlog with admin powers.
  • Don’t harass mods or brigade comms. Don’t word your posts in a way that would trigger such harassment and brigades.
  • Do not downvote posts if you think they deserved it. Use the comment votes (see below) for that.
  • You can post about power trippin’ in any social media, not just lemmy. Feel free to post about reddit or a forum etc.

Expect to receive feedback about your posts, they might even be negative.

Make sure you follow this instance’s code of conduct. In other words we won’t allow bellyaching about being sanctioned for hate speech or bigotry.


Some acronyms you might see.

  • PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
  • YDI - You Deserved It: The commenter thinks you deserved that mod action.
  • BPR - Bait-Provoked Reaction: That mod probably overreacted in charged situation, or due to being baited.
  • CLM - Clueless mod: The mod probably just doesn’t understand how their software works.

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