RedditMigration

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Spacebar, in Top of r/all
@Spacebar@lemmy.world avatar

Reddit's heating tool bot broke.

Rhaedas, in Lemmy lets you edit the title of your post
@Rhaedas@kbin.social avatar

I had learned about this a week or so ago, and the concern about the ability was that since the title does appear in the URL as well, how would that affect potential falsification and abuse. Well, in seeing this post about it again, I thought I'd experiment. Assuming your original title just mentioned Lemmy I edited the URL, and lo and behold it goes to this same page. So then I thought, is that title part even important? I cut off the URL after the 114218 number. It still goes here. So I guess everything after the post number is ignored, which means there's no problem at all.

ono,

Yes, that’s pretty common. Reddit URLs contain post titles as well, but they can be deleted without breaking navigation. I expect they’re added just for the convenience of human readers.

JohnEdwa,
@JohnEdwa@kbin.social avatar

Other than the harmful "prank" type thing where you start with one title, gather comments and then edit it to make those comments mean something completely different, there is still the problem of creating an external link, getting the post to the top of hot/active/whatever and editing the URL to point somewhere malicious.
The counterpoint which usually is "you can already do that with short url services", to which the answer is "That's why they were all banned on Reddit".

Especially as there is absolutely no indication on Kbin that the title has been edited anywhere, and on Lemmy it's only that tiny pencil next to the post age.

trynn,
@trynn@kbin.social avatar

Both the Lemmy and kBin UI show the domain of the link in a post. I would assume if someone got a post to the top of hot/active/whatever and edited the URL, then the UI would be updated to show the new URL's domain.

PabloDiscobar, in r/ZeroWaste mod talks about ongoing "plague of bots" spamming comments at an extremely high rate
@PabloDiscobar@kbin.social avatar

Remember Terminator 3? When the army is about to free skynet to defend against an external virus?

This is now, they are going to remove the moderation tools, the bots are ready to devour reddit.

trynn, in Google thinks its new Perspectives tab will finally get you to stop adding 'Reddit' to searches
@trynn@kbin.social avatar

It'll have to be tested, but I'm not sure Perspectives will do what the 'reddit' query does for many people. I can only speak for myself, but I typically would add 'reddit' to searches because I was looking for thorough information on a subject, and I was certain there would be some random subreddit out there full of experts and enthusiasts on that specific niche topic. I don't want social media or influencer content, I want content from people with extremely deep knowledge about very specific things.

Silviecat44, in r/ZeroWaste mod talks about ongoing "plague of bots" spamming comments at an extremely high rate

Temu is such a scummy website

WhiteOakBayou,

Why? People in my life keep telling me to shop there but it seems like aliex or dhgate stuff they end up showing me.

Acetanilide,

Like other corporations, it relies on slave labor to make money

margaritox, in It feels a lot nicer here on lemmy / kbin

I've been using reddit a lot since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started for support (I'm Ukrainian). I must say, I sure miss r/NCD and r/Ukraine, but am not planning on going back on reddit. I hope similar communities will eventually develop here.

quickleft, in r/ZeroWaste mod talks about ongoing "plague of bots" spamming comments at an extremely high rate

For anyone who like me has never heard of “temu”, it is said to be some sort of chinese “fast fashion” website which might/probably traffic in the products of slave labor. Presumably in a way which exceeds other “fast fashion” but my investigation was quite shallow.

pizza_rolls,
@pizza_rolls@kbin.social avatar

It's like the home goods version of fast fashion. Unfortunately, a lot of the products on temu are the same Chinese made products you will find elsewhere at a higher markup. Especially if you still buy from Amazon. It's kinda annoying to see people turn their nose up at temu but happily buy JABXBSJ or whatever weird ass Chinese company name products on Amazon.

Hell, even if you're buying expensive ass home decor or clothes a lot of it is cheap stuff made by workers paid poorly in shit conditions.

Buying used has become the only moral option at this point. There's still a few products made in the US that are worth the money, but a lot of ones that used to be popular have moved their manufacturing to other countries now also.

Thorned_Rose,
@Thorned_Rose@kbin.social avatar

I wish more people understood this. Secondhand quality is vastly superior to brands new crap. Older second hand can be even better. My not have a bunch of fancy features but it'll last at lest the rest of your life if cared for.

But so many just can't get past the stigma of "second hand".

Nihilore,
@Nihilore@kbin.social avatar

is fast fashion like clothes you can get through a drive-through?

CarbonIceDragon,
@CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social avatar

I believe it refers to clothes that are made cheaply with the intent that they wear out quickly and be thrown away.

vimdiesel,

No it’s cheaply made clothes that people wear for a couple months while something is fashionable and then throw it in the garbage after it fades/tears the third time they wash it or they get bored

quickleft, in r/ZeroWaste mod talks about ongoing "plague of bots" spamming comments at an extremely high rate

even though that sub is like the most annoying and sanctimonious place on reddit, I am sad for these people that they are losing their forum. where else will people express their anxiety over wasting lemon seeds by throwing them away? or congratulate each other on the ecological benefits of purchasing complicated, unfix-able gadgets to perform simple and infrequently performed tasks?

Voyajer, in r/ZeroWaste mod talks about ongoing "plague of bots" spamming comments at an extremely high rate
@Voyajer@kbin.social avatar

Community link: zerowaste@lemmy.ml

phi1997,

Is connection between that instance and kbin working again?

Gorejelly,
@Gorejelly@kbin.social avatar

Apologies if this is stupid or should be obvious (I’m very new to Kbin/Lemmy). IIRC, I just paste that link into any kbin or lemmy search, correct? I tried doing that but I just get 505 errors every time…

i_r_weldr, in Top of r/all

I swear I saw this exact post and all the same top comments like a year ago… Like the Nicki minaj cousins balls comment is so oddly Deja vu familiar, and who would even remember that shit at this point

Countmacula, in r/ZeroWaste mod talks about ongoing "plague of bots" spamming comments at an extremely high rate
@Countmacula@kbin.social avatar

The mods should have let the bots flood Reddit instead of a blackout.

Madison_rogue,
@Madison_rogue@kbin.social avatar

Isn't that going to happen anyways if Reddit doesn't supply better mod tools by midnight tomorrow?

Countmacula,
@Countmacula@kbin.social avatar

Yeah, unfortunately.

wellnotreally, in Top of r/all

I’ve noticed the exact same thing. Every time I see a post referencing events from three years ago I automatically assume it’s a bot. I always thought the people who commented as if these events were still current were insane. I guess it would make sense that they’re bots too.

lodion, in It feels a lot nicer here on lemmy / kbin
@lodion@aussie.zone avatar

Me too. I think because there are actual real life people here, not just astroturfing bots and paid actors.

timdesuyo, in Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out

I haven't used twitter since the orange criminal was let back on. The migration worked perfectly.

LolaCat, in Lemmy lets you edit the title of your post
@LolaCat@beehaw.org avatar

I never understood why reddit didn't have this feature, I understand the abuse aspect but you can edit the bodies and everything is archived anyways ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Untitled_Pribor,

Maybe it was programmed that way and they didn't bother changing it? Also, deleing your post on Reddit doesn't delete the title

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