Did we have our first ban event on lemmy.nz?
this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2025
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That's a good question. There are many spam bots that have been banned over the years, including accounts that were Lemmy.nz local accounts. My memory is not good enough to remember if anyone has been banned outside of spam. It should be in the modlog but I am not sure if there is an easy way to look that up.
Thanks for running this instance and for dealing with all the junk.
It's my pleasure. Most spam is on other instances, I will ban it locally if I know about it, but when their home instance bans them then it automatically applies here too. And running the instance software itself is pretty low effort these days, not like the early days 😅
The hardest part is trying to work out if the registration applications are genuine or ChatGPT.
Most people applying from NZ are pretty easy to spot, because of the way they talk and the words they use. Many spammers just write their spam message in the registration field because they are automated bots. But the AI ones are just genuine looking enough but also super generic answers, so it's hard to know if they are genuine.
Then many people never post or comment, which is fine, but you can't just watch people for a few days to see if they are genuine. Other instances have had sleeper spam accounts that have woken up a year later and started posting spam.
But even this is pretty low maintenance these days. Maybe 5 applications a week, and unless there is a wave of spam then most are genuine. I've approved 6 applications this week and only one I was a bit unsure about. Can't remember if I've denied any recently, Lemmy clears them out after some period (a day? A week?) so the username can be reused.
Hi Dave/everyone, haven't been using lemmy much lately, but glad to see lemmy.nz still chugging along!
Welcome back! We are still here haha
Thanks! Have been trying to cut down on social media use, but honestly I've been watching a lot more junk YouTube videos haha
That may still be a better use of your time 😅
Came here to randomly give Dave appreciation for running this instance but seems like somebody beat me to it. Nice! Stuck in the cold due to an autopilot failure a couple of days ago and waiting to get that sorted before heading to warmer weather. Having trouble finding good weather windows to head offshore though. I’m so ready for the beach!
Oh hey! Last time I heard from you I think you were on your way to the Bahamas, like a year ago lol. Sounds like you're no longer in that region, but perhaps wishing you were!
Yep east coast USA again. Heading to the Bahamas. Given the boat a good shake down over the past year so goal is to go through the Panama Canal early next year and start working our way across the Pacific. Lots of planning involved!
Wow, that's amazing! Must be pretty cool and/or scary to be going through the canal alongside giant oil tankers.
Been anywhere good over the last year? Just up and down the east coast or have you been elsewhere?
Yeah I’ve read accounts of it and I’m definitely a bit nervous! It’ll be an experience to remember for sure! Just up and down the East coast on my boat. I sailed to Bermuda on a different boat. That was a really cool place! Anchored beside the Statue of Liberty in my boat, which is something I never thought I would do!
Very cool! Good luck on your trip, don't forget to let us know how it goes!