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Lemmy instance admin snooping at votes (monero.town)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by pop@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So I was going through /all and this admin is snooping at vote counts for posts in his instance and then posting it publicly.

Just a reminder that these kind of petty people exist. Pick a trustworthy instance or better yet, host your own.

Archive: https://archive.md/oybyL

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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What's the instance?

Or is it right in front of my face and I'm not seeing it?

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[–] rimu@piefed.social -2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I notice that monero.town has a large image of Pepe the nazi frog in it's sidebar: https://monero.town/pictrs/image/afb3860f-022e-4723-be3f-74041da2abc9.webp?format=webp

What's the connection between Monero and the alt-right?

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I haven't heard before that this frog is a nazi symbol. I'm also seeing it relatively often at places where I don't think it's use would be accepted if that was the case

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A few (it feels like 3+) years ago it was attributed to 4chan and something politically extremist by some journalists. I don't remember what the article was about, so I went and found one.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pepe-the-frog-hate-symbol-20161011-snap-htmlstory.html

Edited in a better one.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's good to be aware of, thanks!

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[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What’s the connection between Monero and the alt-right?

Cryptocurrency would be a good first guess.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today -3 points 1 year ago

Ok. These votes are not about picking presidents, so...

[–] clever_banana@lemmy.today -4 points 1 year ago

I wish more admins would make votes public on their instances, so the whole community could work together to identity bad actors

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