they built a lemmy frontend that silently fetches a list of people and communities the creator doesn’t like from a server and just… erases them from the ui. people were upset that there was basically a hit list for them compiled for no apparent reason, and when pressed about why he thought anyone would think this was a good idea the dev just left.
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some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The fuck is this drama even about? Is everyone involved like 13 years old?
lime@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Patrick hates people like Luigi and secretly has been shadowbanning people, communities, etc who celebrate celebrate actions such as Luigi’s. People realized it was happening and got mad they weren’t on the list.
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Now you insulted him, he won’t save you anymore!
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
Dev of a Lemmy frontend made a block list, as well as a triple super secret download at runtime (base64 encoded then decoded at run).
db0, admin of dbzer0, noticed the original block list and forked as well as posted about what was found. Others found the super secret download.
ptz (aka… A whole bunch of alts, someone else can list) got mad about people finding out then claimed it was a harassment campaign because… db0 found the dirty list.
Followed by a whole bunch of posts and then this “final” crashout.
Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Everyone enjoys a little drama now and again. Patrick was nice enough to provide. We all owe the guy a beer.
Grimy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well you are involved.
Admiral Patrick, dev of tesseract and admin of Startrek.website, made a shadowban list and slipped it into his front end. Instead of using modding tools like an adult, he decided to block people and communities through his app, which he was distributing and sharing with users and other instances (it’s a front end you can add for your instance website). The list was hidden and only loaded from his website at the start, it caused a bug for db0 and they traced it back.
The list was of course at his sole discretion and involves personal vendettas, leftist comms, LGBTQ comms, small news comms and a mixed bag of random ones.
The list also includes you. So a bunch of users weren’t seeing any of your posts or comments show up, and were never informed or given a choice about it.
List: copyparty.adrian.place/u/?doc=policy.json
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh, sweet. Thanks for the breakdown. Cool that I made his list I guess? Or is this like an Epstein list and most are actually horrible people? Do I need to grow at all as a person, is what I’m asking.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What I find so weird about his list is how random it was. To hear him tell it you cannot be on the list without being super toxic and calling for violence but I don’t believe that. You just had to disagree with him afaik
pleb_maximus@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Same thing as far as he is concerned.
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Congrats on making the list. It means you annoyed the guy in some way. So probably cool.
TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
If you think corporations deserve empathy and that gay people are the devil then it is bad to be on the list I guess? But like idk man sounds like a list I’d rather be on than not.
marcos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dude, it’s a list of about 3000 lemmy users… It has close to everybody.
Seeing the name of the author, I’m probably in it because I have made a joke about their username once.
Grimy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ha, you actually are on it
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Most on the Epstein list had no relationship with him. Literally just a list of anyone who turned up in the FBI’s paperwork on the case, including people he mentioned in emails, or people who emailed him may have mentioned, or someone he saw on TV, or whatever. Jon Stewart is on the Epstein list.
breezeblock@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’m dying of laughter.
I’m also very sad I wasn’t included.
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
First I’m learning he’s an admin on startrek.website
Man if he truly is a fan of Star Trek he should really be hanging his head in shame. He’s not representing the morals the show espoused for decades. He’ll Kirk would have bitch slapped his ass which is hilarious given him using the moniker online.
Fucking pussy is delulu
Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Remember those right wingers that thought rage against the machine just now got political, or those right wingers that didn’t know fight club was making fun of them, the list goes on and on, it’s like that.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Wait, is this the guy Stamets had a problem with a few years ago?
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Huh guess I’m not active enough to have made the list