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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9006187

Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of things and the story behind it is absolutely wild.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

he whines as he broadcasts from ad-riddled youtube

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 22 points 8 months ago

Ads are just spam that someone pays for

[–] Supermariofan67@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did you... watch the video? You act as if he's bashing the fediverse or isn't a strong supporter of it

i just hate youtube

[–] halm@leminal.space 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

No, YouTube has a serious idiot commenter problem.

[–] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] halm@leminal.space -1 points 8 months ago

Sure, but when the first claim comes from a sensationalist youtuber, its claim to veracity sort of loses weight.

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 2 points 8 months ago

They are all shills sucking ads for profit

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

you'll really are whining about the video, instead trying to help with the issue

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh really and you must be the one doing all the work eh ?

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

no, but i'm not trying to hide the problem

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 4 points 8 months ago

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