Notices by Pontificator.OMF (pontificator_omf@alien.insurrection.tech)

@GossiTheDog Oh, this can only go full-bad. Next people will be asking "If they did this, then who else did they do it to?" Next we'll be finding they did such to vaccine producers who were not US controlled.

@GossiTheDog @ben This is a matter where, although well intentioned, I suspect it'll become a serious problem later. It would only need a bot to auto-report, and things would get pretty wild pretty quickly; report system DDOS.

@GossiTheDog I'm going to have to add the /s flag to those in the future; hopefully the bot will understand that.

@ben @GossiTheDog I'd understand it if it were that specific post, but why this one? https://alien.insurrection.tech/@Pontificator_OMF/111962599357975972

@ben @GossiTheDog or this one: https://alien.insurrection.tech/@Pontificator_OMF/111991889866795880

@ben @GossiTheDog or this? https://alien.insurrection.tech/@Pontificator_OMF/111677244168279514

@ben @GossiTheDog or this: https://alien.insurrection.tech/@Pontificator_OMF/111691312290234137

@ben @GossiTheDog That's my thought as well. One of the aspects of this, tho, is that the effective masking of the user concerned doesn't allow me to block them specifically, or for that matter, to identify a specific problem user. I do understand why they (infosec.exchange) would mask the identity, but, as we see here, it leads to unintended consequences where the system itself can be abused to spam the reporting mechanism.

I don't want to block the reporting bot or the instance :)

@GossiTheDog I know, but it must be following you and reporting people for whatever reason *shrugs*

@GossiTheDog Oh, I thought the bot was yours, it went wild with about 7 automatic reports:

@GossiTheDog Very true, you'll notice I tend to use the "startled rabbit" approach to prompt thought and discussion. (Thanks for providing the reports for me to moderate, I'd not had a chance to test the panel before.)

@GossiTheDog Wait, it allows people to talk about things which others disagree with, and not have to worry about being silenced?