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Reddit just auto removed my comment with a link to Lemmy.ml

122 points by choult 3y ago

yehtah 3y ago
[flagged]
kapp_in_life 3y ago
lemmy.ml is returning a 500 error right now. Is that maybe related? https://lemmy.ml/ https://lemmy.ml/
- lolinder 3y ago
  It works for me, but it's definitely been fragile for a week or so since all the drama started. Since when does Reddit block links to broken websites, though?
  - littlestymaar 3y ago
    > Since when does Reddit block links to broken websites, though? Looks like they're going full Twitter now, first they go after the API users, then they remove links to their fediverse alternative. What's the next step then?
    - choas 3y ago
      ppl have to see every CEO posts
- whichdan 3y ago
  I got a 500 on first load, and intermittent issues on subsequent loads, so it's not just you!
- roskelld 3y ago
  lemmy.ml has been going through updates over the last day or so I think. https://lemmy.world https://lemmy.world has been a stable option.
  - lolinder 3y ago
    The maintainer of lemmy.world also hosts the second-largest Mastodon server (mastodon.world), and they seem to be quite competent.
  - aSockPuppeteer 3y ago
    It’s getting hammered now too.
  - sunaurus 3y ago
    I'm the admin of https://lemm.ee https://lemm.ee, I believe we have a pretty decent setup (AFAIK we are the only serious instance doing horizontal scaling), so I would cautiously recommend anybody interested in Lemmy to consider us for their home instance. Haven't experienced any noticeable performance issues yet on lemm.ee, but then again, we are still at only around 1k users. Fingers crossed I can keep it running smoothly (+ I am actively monitoring and scaling as needed, of course).
graypegg 3y ago
Just FYI for anyone getting an either a cloud flare proxy error, or an nginx 500 page, it looks like they’re having some trouble at the moment. I did get thru after a refresh, but probably not best to hammer them.
- pizzapill 3y ago
  Cloudflare proxy error here too. Archive.org was astonishingly quick: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614125253/https://programming.dev/post/34008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230614125253/https://programmi...
- snowe2010 3y ago
  hopefully I've fixed the problem. Nginx had only 768 worker connections allowed so I increased that.
lolinder 3y ago
https://archive.ph/QeMvZ https://archive.ph/QeMvZ This was originally on beehaw.org, which could probably handle the HN hug of death better than the smaller instance in the original link, but just to be safe I archived it first.
- snowe2010 3y ago
  forgot to respond to this, but yeah it would have handled it fine, except the default nginx config just wasn't set up correctly. sorry about that!
class4behavior 3y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20230614125253/https://programming.dev/post/34008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230614125253/https://programmi...
eggbrain 3y ago
To play devil's advocate, I feel like most social platforms ban or limit most aspects of self-promotion or solicitation to other social platforms (whether out of self-interest or otherwise). Even Twitter for a brief while did this with Mastodon links back at the end of 2022. I think most users of course don't like this as it feels like censorship, but on the flipside if I built a community and felt like users were joining my site just to try to solicit my community members to jump to a competitor, I'd probably not be too happy with that.
- deleted 3y ago
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- bhaak 3y ago
  You want to google "anti-competitive practices". Though I don't think Reddit is doing that right now. We would hear this happening a lot more if this was implemented site wide. It's more likely that the mods of the specific subreddit have updated their own Automoderator rules to filter such posts.
  - Suppafly 3y ago
    I agree, without being able to read the linked the article, I assume this was a subreddit specific thing that happened. If that's the case, it's probably a good thing. I'm in a few subs where people constantly post links to alternatives and it floods the feed with useless posts. I understand that the lemmy situation is somewhat different as reddit is being a pain right now, but in general it's a dick move to go into a community and start spamming links to a different one.
  - throw16180339 3y ago
    The user linked to the comment in the thread (https://old.reddit.com/r/newsokunomoral/comments/148y47z/reddit%E3%81%AEceo%E3%81%8C%E5%BE%93%E6%A5%AD%E5%93%A1%E3%81%AB%E6%8A%97%E8%AD%B0%E3%81%AE%E3%82%B5%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E9%96%89%E9%8E%96%E3%81%AF%E9%81%8E%E3%81%8E%E5%8E%BB%E3%82%8B%E3%81%A8%E4%BC%9D%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B/jo39b2i/ https://old.reddit.com/r/newsokunomoral/comments/148y47z/red...). It would appear as [removed] if it was removed by mods, a mod bot such as AutoModerator, the spam filter, or it was posted by a shadow-banned user. [Removed by Reddit] means that it was removed by Reddit's Anti-Evil Operations. I'm a mod elsewhere and the text matches other comments that AEO has removed on my sub.
drumhead 3y ago
It's sounds like was on an obsure-ish sub as well so management may have automated the process. Looks like they may have gone full Elon in their quest for the billionaire bucks.
Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y ago
Should you be surprised? Reddit has a reputation for automated censorship.

122 points by choult 3y ago

yehtah 3y ago

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kapp_in_life 3y ago

lemmy.ml is returning a 500 error right now. Is that maybe related? https://lemmy.ml/ https://lemmy.ml/

lolinder 3y ago
It works for me, but it's definitely been fragile for a week or so since all the drama started. Since when does Reddit block links to broken websites, though?
- littlestymaar 3y ago
  > Since when does Reddit block links to broken websites, though? Looks like they're going full Twitter now, first they go after the API users, then they remove links to their fediverse alternative. What's the next step then?
  - choas 3y ago
    ppl have to see every CEO posts
whichdan 3y ago
I got a 500 on first load, and intermittent issues on subsequent loads, so it's not just you!
roskelld 3y ago
lemmy.ml has been going through updates over the last day or so I think. https://lemmy.world https://lemmy.world has been a stable option.
- lolinder 3y ago
  The maintainer of lemmy.world also hosts the second-largest Mastodon server (mastodon.world), and they seem to be quite competent.
- aSockPuppeteer 3y ago
  It’s getting hammered now too.
- sunaurus 3y ago
  I'm the admin of https://lemm.ee https://lemm.ee, I believe we have a pretty decent setup (AFAIK we are the only serious instance doing horizontal scaling), so I would cautiously recommend anybody interested in Lemmy to consider us for their home instance. Haven't experienced any noticeable performance issues yet on lemm.ee, but then again, we are still at only around 1k users. Fingers crossed I can keep it running smoothly (+ I am actively monitoring and scaling as needed, of course).

graypegg 3y ago

Just FYI for anyone getting an either a cloud flare proxy error, or an nginx 500 page, it looks like they’re having some trouble at the moment. I did get thru after a refresh, but probably not best to hammer them.

pizzapill 3y ago
Cloudflare proxy error here too. Archive.org was astonishingly quick: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614125253/https://programming.dev/post/34008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230614125253/https://programmi...
snowe2010 3y ago
hopefully I've fixed the problem. Nginx had only 768 worker connections allowed so I increased that.

lolinder 3y ago

https://archive.ph/QeMvZ https://archive.ph/QeMvZ This was originally on beehaw.org, which could probably handle the HN hug of death better than the smaller instance in the original link, but just to be safe I archived it first.

snowe2010 3y ago
forgot to respond to this, but yeah it would have handled it fine, except the default nginx config just wasn't set up correctly. sorry about that!

class4behavior 3y ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20230614125253/https://programming.dev/post/34008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230614125253/https://programmi...

eggbrain 3y ago

To play devil's advocate, I feel like most social platforms ban or limit most aspects of self-promotion or solicitation to other social platforms (whether out of self-interest or otherwise). Even Twitter for a brief while did this with Mastodon links back at the end of 2022. I think most users of course don't like this as it feels like censorship, but on the flipside if I built a community and felt like users were joining my site just to try to solicit my community members to jump to a competitor, I'd probably not be too happy with that.

deleted 3y ago
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bhaak 3y ago
You want to google "anti-competitive practices". Though I don't think Reddit is doing that right now. We would hear this happening a lot more if this was implemented site wide. It's more likely that the mods of the specific subreddit have updated their own Automoderator rules to filter such posts.
- Suppafly 3y ago
  I agree, without being able to read the linked the article, I assume this was a subreddit specific thing that happened. If that's the case, it's probably a good thing. I'm in a few subs where people constantly post links to alternatives and it floods the feed with useless posts. I understand that the lemmy situation is somewhat different as reddit is being a pain right now, but in general it's a dick move to go into a community and start spamming links to a different one.
- throw16180339 3y ago
  The user linked to the comment in the thread (https://old.reddit.com/r/newsokunomoral/comments/148y47z/reddit%E3%81%AEceo%E3%81%8C%E5%BE%93%E6%A5%AD%E5%93%A1%E3%81%AB%E6%8A%97%E8%AD%B0%E3%81%AE%E3%82%B5%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E9%96%89%E9%8E%96%E3%81%AF%E9%81%8E%E3%81%8E%E5%8E%BB%E3%82%8B%E3%81%A8%E4%BC%9D%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B/jo39b2i/ https://old.reddit.com/r/newsokunomoral/comments/148y47z/red...). It would appear as [removed] if it was removed by mods, a mod bot such as AutoModerator, the spam filter, or it was posted by a shadow-banned user. [Removed by Reddit] means that it was removed by Reddit's Anti-Evil Operations. I'm a mod elsewhere and the text matches other comments that AEO has removed on my sub.

drumhead 3y ago

It's sounds like was on an obsure-ish sub as well so management may have automated the process. Looks like they may have gone full Elon in their quest for the billionaire bucks.

Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y ago

Should you be surprised? Reddit has a reputation for automated censorship.