AziBase dot com spam

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This "news" site appears to be from Nigeria. Why are they spamming Saidit? Are they trying to increase web traffic to their site for ads?

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

I told u/magnora7 about it a few months ago, but he didn't think it was a problem, at the time. Maybe it is, now, though? Regardless, I blocked that account a long time ago, and you should too.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

I told magnora7 about it a few months ago, but he didn't think it was a problem

That explains why every-time I report those types of posts nothing happens lol. Just like each time I report the celebrity gossip posts, they just stay up and get vote manipulated to dilute the front page.

When you have admins telling you to just personally block spam accounts instead of admins taking action (and allowing the front page to be spammed to oblivion with synthetic karma interactions) you know the boat is really sinking.

But keep reporting guys it does.. something!

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

But is it sinking further and faster than other boats? I'm starting to think that most sites are viewing commenters as an annoyance that distracts from their main purpose.

Saidit does have a very clean look and user interface, and appears to be less sunken than other sites I use. Maybe the time of commenting on the internet is just coming to an end.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

If you knew what was going on behind the scenes of SaidIt as a website run by a group of people who all appear to get along and work together, you’d know it’s only a matter of time. I just found out how bad things are from the source myself.

These things we are seeing on SaidIt at least, are symptoms of it. I had no idea things were the way they are, things were much different a year ago.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

Is saidit coming to an end too? The site ranking was in a steady and fairly steep decline until March 21, then it jumped massively in one day to levels from months previously, and there's been another jump since. It's not commenters behind those increases.

What are the best alternatives you know of?

Poal is run by petty assholes. Voat is almost too ugly to look at. Ruqqus appears to be kind of dead. Communities.win is overrun by normies, but lacks some of the awfulness of other sites.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

If /u/Node or /u/Enza have coding and other skills we can build our own solutions. I have an old box ("Cassandra") to play on with Lubuntu and OpenSSH-Server to try and test and build things on, including my new wiki to document everything. Yes it's old, yes it's limited, but if I can do it anyone can - and we can federate. And of course we can get/rent bigger better things for the front end - and build more ways to keep some boxes anon. Larry wants to utilize TOR. I hope for IPFS and ZeroNet. We also aim to have PeerTube, Lenny, PhpBB or MyBB, and other stuff - with bridges if possible. After I draft up our road map (waiting on Larry for the wiki as he's lead on all things Cassandra) I'll ask Panzer about recommendations, suggestions, and things to research and even test out.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Have you asked u/fschmidt? He wants to make a SaidIt alternative, but can't find anyone to work with.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Yes, he was on Session with you/us.

He has good insights, but he also has limitations. Critically he won't support FLOSS. FLOSS decentralization are fundamental deal breakers for me, even though I don't code. We can work together, brainstorm, and develop stuff, but have diverging goals. My goals are bigger than me and my empty wallet. I'll be posting more about all this soon enough.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Critically he won't support FLOSS.

What do you mean? Does he want the code to be proprietary?

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

What do you mean? Does he want the code to be proprietary?

Correct.

[–]CANDYASSES 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

i like getting my nigger news straight from nigeria.

keep it coming, harumbo..