i can’t even block them on the client i use. wtf is this and how can we stop it?
edit: banned before i could report lol
edit edit: i get it, im a grumpy old fart lolol
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Someone needs to send this to that guy in the Comic Strips community who keeps cropping out artists’ signatures because he thinks they’re “ads”.
He hates ads so much.
he’s a real one (not for cropping the artist tho, thats too much lol)
In some cases he has used AI to remove watermarks. It changed other details of the comic. Pretty gross.
A real piece of work more like.
my bad, it was the first i’ve heard of him haha
Very strange individual, even by Lemmy standards.
Send it to the admin(s) of the instance. I’m sure they don’t want to host that bullshit.
Even as a joke, sending a real advertisement to people is completely unacceptable and deserves an immediate permanent ban. If they had created an ad for something fictional I’d be a little less annoyed about it but it still seems like a bad idea.
i’m shocked by the blowback i got for feeling this way, especially here lol
Report it to the admin of programming.dev?
Coca-Cola tastes like shit, change my mind
I got the same thing, solid April Fool’s trolling!
I’d straight up report them to the instance admins for that shit
According to the modlog they were banned already for “DM Spam”
i will have to dm them, the client i use (blorp) doesnt have a report or block button for some goddamn reason
I’m the blorp dev. I added a comment to your post with block instructions. Sorry for the confusion.
youre awesome
Sounds like you’re salty. You know what’s not salty? New Coke. Catch the Wave.
I just got this ad in this post.
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Lmao I wish I got the coke ad
it turned into a whole saga lol
No tracking URL in the message, it’s fake. Just some dude DMing people with a fake ad he wrote, probably as a joke that’s really only funny to them.
Look at your calendars, y’all.
Hi I’m the developer that made the app you’re using.
Click the persons name
Then click the 3 dots menu
\Then you can block from there. If it’s not intuitive enough, I’m open to suggestions for how to make it easier.
Actually, what if I just added a big “Block” button if the message is from a person you’ve never interacted with?
thank you for responding, i did not expect that! the block button in message would be helpful, as well as a report button if that’s feasible. i figured out how to block them but not how to report them without DMing a mod directly. p.s. i love your app in every other way :) this was the first inconvenience i have had with it.
No problem! I think making the “Block User” button will be a genuine improvement. I don’t think Lemmy lets you report users, but it looks like you can report private messages. I’ll add that as well.
The banner will look something like this
|----------------------------| | Bock User | Report Message | |----------------------------| | Message ^ | |----------------------------|
How do I get ads in Lemmy?
I like the idea of the block button for people thats never messaged before. I think a lot of other platforms do the same
And then shared it with the rest of us. Way to be part of the problem.
Now I want a cool, refreshing Coca-cola. This post was the real ad all along.
