Lemmy.One and R.NF are currently blocked. This is a temporary measure to prevent the spread of CSAM. The instance appears to have inactive admins who have not responded to requests. We will remain defederated with them until they respond and clean up the traces of CSAM.

Is anyone using this community? If not, I'm going to disable the bot and close it.

Hello all,

Some of our sister sites will be closing down June 1st, 2025.

Bye Utter.Online (Mastodon)

It has been decided that the Mastodon instance Utter.online will be shut down on June 1st, 2025, due to a lack of interest from the community. There are many Mastodon instances available for people to choose from. We could not create an Instance that stood out and encouraged growth. I'm okay with this because I, too, lack interest in micro-blogging. In the coming days, I will migrate some users to a new Mastodon Instance, such as @[email protected].

Bye Social.Photo (Pixelfed)

It has also been decided that the Pixelfed instance Social.photo will be shut down on June 1st, 2025. This instance has been growing in popularity slowly, and the decision to shut it down stems from frustrations with sustaining a Pixelfed service.

Is it because of money?

Closing these two services down also provides cost benefits from not having to renew domains and run the services. Masto

Hello!

I’m going to implement a variant of this.

-jgrim

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40761824

Sorry everyone I know how much you love the attention she gives you, but I've implemented some quick and dirty filtering for private messaging.

We now have the ability to automatically mark PM's as deleted or read, depending on content inside of them. If we accidentally filter something you legitimately wanted (ie, not Nicole) please let me know.

If any other instances would like to implement this, here's the code. Note that you'll need to set your hostname at the top here for some reason I haven't exactly identified.

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SET lemmy.protocol_and_hostname = 'https://lemmy.ca/';

CREATE TABLE private_message_filters (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    phrase TEXT NOT NULL,
    behavior VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL CHECK (behavior IN ('delete', 'mark_read'))
);

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION filter_private_messages()
RETURNS trigger AS $$
DECLARE
    ba
  

Hello,

Another service we run is a Mastodon instance called https://utter.online/. It doesn't have many active users; however, it's a beast to host.

I'm considering changing to a new domain and/or changing the software or shutting it down.

The current domain name options are:

1. toot.onl
2. toot.discuss.online

I haven't done much research into alternatives to Mastodon.

Let me know your thoughts!

I've also tooted about it here: https://utter.online/@jsonarray/114161376708082696

Thanks, jgrim

Hello,

We run a Matrix server and space. If you're already part of Matrix join us at #online.discuss:discuss.online.

If you're not a member you can join any Matrix instance or join Discuss.Online's Matrix server and get the handle @[you]@discuss.online.

You can signup in any Matrix client. Set your home server to discuss.online. Signups are open! Or you can use our hosted front-end at element.discuss.online or cinny.discuss.online.

For more information about Matrix and it's clients see below:

• What is Matrix
• Matrix clients

Howdy,

I wanted to share with instance users that I've been mucking around with services to improve stability and security.

I used to announce before I did it but I haven't been recently. I'll get better at it again.

Let me know if you have any issues or questions!

Other services we run are social.photo and utter.online.

Edit: I should also mention we have status pages for all services:

• status.discuss.online
• status.matrix.discuss.online
• status.social.photo (coming soon: I just realized I forgot to add it)
• status.utter.online

Thanks, jgrim

Hello!

You may have noticed some instability and performance issues with the web client of Discuss.online. I have made some infrastructure changes to hopefully improve stability. In the process, I also updated to the latest version of Lemmy.

Let me know if you have issues or comments!

We have a target api now!

Hello!

The Wiki site has been locked down while some article and user cleanup takes place. A series of bots created thousands of users and pages containing spam, scams, & misinformation. It appears to be part of a larger attack on MediaWiki instances because a lot of the articles created are linked to other infected instances of MediaWiki.

While the users, content, and security are being handled the Wiki site will be locked down.

The next steps have not been identified to help prevent this from happening again. These steps may include invite-only access, Captcha, etc. An update to this will be posted here later as an edit to this post.

Many of you may not even be aware we have a community Wiki available. It was set up as an open wiki for moderators and users to contribute to. Some communities use the Wiki for additional community information and resources. The Wiki also lists active 1st party bots that are used on Discuss.Online.

Please, let me know if you have any questions, conc

Hello!

Please welcome our newest admin, @[email protected]!

They joined to help increase community engagement, moderation, & perhaps some help raising funding. We're looking forward to their help and experience in improving our instance and the fediverse as a whole.

Here is a quick introduction from m_f.

I started getting involved in Lemmy mod duties over at [email protected] when the only mod went AWOL. That gave me the confidence to create a few communities for comics that didn't have any Lemmy communities yet, and then a community for posting loops. When [email protected] needed a moderator, I volunteered to help out there, and now I'm helping out on admin duties for the instance. Moral of the story is, stepping up to help out is a great low-effort way to help Lemmy grow

• jgrim

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16252553

Apple will update iPhones for at least 5 years in rare public commitment

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/16867726

[MacRumors] Rivian's Latest Vehicles Support Apple Car Keys for Unlocking With Wallet App

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17772874

PSA: Bartender Mac App Under New Ownership, But Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns

I've been a paying user since 2015. This makes me sad, as it's one of my most beloved utilities and this isn't a good look. I'll keep running it without updating until it stops working or I find a replacement that I like. Also:

https://sixcolors.com/link/2024/06/bartender-has-a-new-owner/

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/8349829

Hello,

We're looking for GoLang contributors to help with the federation service. We're happy to have people that contribute code or help with code reviews.

If you know anyone or if you're interested please reach out!

Email: [email protected] Mastodon: https://utter.online/@sublinks Online form: https://sublinks.org/join_organization.html

Thanks, jgrim

Hello,

We're looking for GoLang contributors to help with the federation service. We're happy to have people that contribute code or help with code reviews.

If you know anyone or if you're interested please reach out!

Email: [email protected] Mastodon: https://utter.online/@sublinks Online form: https://sublinks.org/join_organization.html

Thanks, jgrim

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16013932

Linus Tech Tips (LTT) release investigation results on former accusations

There were a series of accusations about our company last August from a former employee. Immediately following these accusations, LMG hired Roper Greyell - a large Vancouver-based law firm specializing in labor and employment law, to conduct a third-party investigation. Their website describes them as “one of the largest employment and labour law firms in Western Canada.” They work with both private and public sector employers.

To ensure a fair investigation, LMG did not comment or publicly release any data and asked our team members to do the same. Now that the investigation is complete, we’re able to provide a summary of the findings.

The investigation found that:

• Claims of bullying and harassment were not substantiated.
• Allegations that sexual harassment were ignored or not addressed were false.
• Any concerns that were raise

My first time attempting a photo likes this. I didn't quite get it as perfect as I wanted but I think it looks good enough to share.

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/6776820

The Sublinks team has written up a little survey, which we feel is both thorough and inclusive. It covers a wide range of topics, such as user privacy, and community engagement, along with trying to gauge things that are difficult when moderating.

Also please be aware the information collected by this survey is completely anonymous. As many of us in the social sciences background know, if you want the REAL feelings of individuals, they need to feel safe to express themselves.

👉Moderation Survey HERE👈

Please feel free to comment in this thread, we will do our best to respond to any genuine questions.

We look forward to hearing from each and every one of you!

Sincerely, The Sublinks Team