I then block the user
Is this not a slightly selfish action? It solves the problem for you, but doesn’t make the community better for everyone. I feel like blocking users should be reserved for issues like harassment, not spam.
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vk6flab@lemmy.radio 8 months ago
I’ve noticed a sharp increase in spam and I’ve been reporting each one simply as “spam”.
I then block the user
Many of these posts have dozens of down votes.
Several go back months, which I discover when a new variant turns up.
I’m unsure if what I’m doing is helping or not, and as an ICT professional, I’m not sure why this obvious spam isn’t caught earlier.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 8 months ago
Blocking spam is not selfish, no.
catloaf@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m not sure I’d call it selfish. There are users with particularly distasteful opinions that I prefer to downvote when I see them expressed. If I blocked them, then I wouldn’t be able to help shape the community in a positive manner.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
If I blocked them, then I wouldn’t be able to help shape the community in a positive manner.
Yeah, I feel like this is an important aspect that many users miss.
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 8 months ago
That’s fine to do once you’ve reported it: you’ve done your part, there’s no value still seeing the post it’s gonna get removed anyway.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
But what about future posts from the same account? If I’ve blocked the account, I can’t report posts I don’t see.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 8 months ago
Is this not a slightly selfish action? It solves the problem for you, but doesn’t make the community better for everyone. I feel like blocking users should be reserved for issues like harassment, not spam.
This is an aspect that I had not considered. Even thinking about it now leaves me unsure of the best way forward.
Specifically, whilst it’s a valid argument that blocking the user only solves this for me, and not blocking would help me see if the issue was dealt with, I feel that leaving the user free to roam across my screen is impacting me directly and if I’m not a moderator in a community, it’s not my place to second guess their decision to leave such a user and post in place.
In other words, I’m stating to a moderator that I think that this post is spam and should be dealt with accordingly, but if you leave it alone, that’s your choice.
I moderate several communities outside of the fediverse and spam in my communities is a one-strike ban. That’s not what everyone does.
Having now thought through this again, now in more detail, I’m comfortable with blocking the user.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
It’s helpful. The issue is the moderation with mass removal of content doesn’t always federate in ways that are obvious. And it was worse with older versions of lemmy.
Report it, and at least your instance admins can remove it from your instance