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Thank you, and thanks for pointing it out. I really appreciate your rapid action, and I know I’m not alone in this.
I just wish the admins had done the same with the whereIsTamara alts, as those are still active.
EDITED to self-correct: This is my error. The whereIsTamara alts are indeed banned on lemmy.world; it’s lemmy.org that has taken no action. My sincere apologies.
You did what you could, which is all I expect. There are multiple layers of mgmt involved and I forgot to specify; my error. I hope you saw my correction above, and thank you again. I really appreciate it.
they don’t seem to be moderating at all, nor interacting with anything on the fediverse other than spamming to their own communities, likely automated. we will defed from them soon if i don’t receive a response to my pm. i’m aware of at least one other instance admin unsuccessfully attempting to reach out to them already due to lack of moderation.
Just so you know, it’s not just you, it’s you AND everyone that responded to you.
EDITED TO ADD: I have a thing about vote manipulation (like that shit’s not obvious, lol) and most times I’ve seen it in bot form, it has come from lemmy.org, not just in this comm but in others. Don’t be surprised if nothing happens. The admin over there runs a paid engagement optimization service, and for those among us who remember the whereIsTamara alt thing, that was also lemmy.org. None of the involved accounts were ever banned by lemmy.org despite all being created on the same day and being used in vote manipulation, and a few of those accounts are now posting as regular users.
Well this sucks to hear. Can’t say I’m surprised that a shitty instance carries an innocuous name, following L Ron’s playbook. I’ve checked comments as far back as a few days ago getting peppered with bot downvotes so maybe I rustled someone’s jimmies, idk
The way I see it, that means you must be doing something right: it’s generally not goodhearted folks with principles messing with other people’s votes.
Jeezus. You’re not lying. The above comment, from Lemvotes:
Your second comment, further in the thread, from Lemvotes:
The accounts are almost exactly the same, downvoting both comments at almost exactly the same times:
Your top comment:
NnZZK2ssTy@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 4:56 PM
5NR9Zgaylt@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 4:52 PM
z3oiFqYHfy@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 4:05 PM
ecZ8T2UtW9@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:57 PM
wqOEPRYH46@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:52 PM
6ARchEE8qw@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:47 PM
r7iRJpxTNs@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:40 PM
Q2SkJVyPgd@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:34 PM
Io1jJ9LDtg@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:24 PM
djjEPYQ1RP@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:18 PM
Your second comment:
NnZZK2ssTy@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 4:56 PM
5NR9Zgaylt@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 4:52 PM
z3oiFqYHfy@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 4:05 PM
ecZ8T2UtW9@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:56 PM (one minute off above)
wqOEPRYH46@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:51 PM (one minute off above)
6ARchEE8qw@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:47 PM
r7iRJpxTNs@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:40 PM
Q2SkJVyPgd@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:34 PM
Io1jJ9LDtg@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:24 PM
djjEPYQ1RP@lemmy.org at April 28, 2026 3:18 PM
Note: I was doing the screenshots on desktop and they’re uneven, my apologies. Verify using the source links.
I banned all those users for being vote manipulating bots.
Thank you, and thanks for pointing it out. I really appreciate your rapid action, and I know I’m not alone in this.
I just wish the admins had done the same with the whereIsTamara alts, as those are still active.EDITED to self-correct: This is my error. The whereIsTamara alts are indeed banned on lemmy.world; it’s lemmy.org that has taken no action. My sincere apologies.
They are not banned on Lemmy.world. Just on the news community. I have notified the admins, so they should receive the ban hammer soon.
Done, though they haven’t been active since February.
Yeah, the whereIsTamara alts got banned on lemmy.world in February; the accounts that botted this thread were created today.
I should have been more clear when I brought it up, my apologies.
Well, banned them again for good measure, along with today’s group. If there are any current groups I’ve missed, let me know.
Thanks!
They were all down voting today. All the accounts were created today
You did what you could, which is all I expect. There are multiple layers of mgmt involved and I forgot to specify; my error. I hope you saw my correction above, and thank you again. I really appreciate it.
I DM’ed the Lemmy.org admin to let them know
they don’t seem to be moderating at all, nor interacting with anything on the fediverse other than spamming to their own communities, likely automated. we will defed from them soon if i don’t receive a response to my pm. i’m aware of at least one other instance admin unsuccessfully attempting to reach out to them already due to lack of moderation.
Thank you for this.
Just so you know, it’s not just you, it’s you AND everyone that responded to you.
EDITED TO ADD: I have a thing about vote manipulation (like that shit’s not obvious, lol) and most times I’ve seen it in bot form, it has come from lemmy.org, not just in this comm but in others. Don’t be surprised if nothing happens. The admin over there runs a paid engagement optimization service, and for those among us who remember the whereIsTamara alt thing, that was also lemmy.org. None of the involved accounts were ever banned by lemmy.org despite all being created on the same day and being used in vote manipulation, and a few of those accounts are now posting as regular users.
Well this sucks to hear. Can’t say I’m surprised that a shitty instance carries an innocuous name, following L Ron’s playbook. I’ve checked comments as far back as a few days ago getting peppered with bot downvotes so maybe I rustled someone’s jimmies, idk
The way I see it, that means you must be doing something right: it’s generally not goodhearted folks with principles messing with other people’s votes.