support·Lemmy.world SupportbyAstrealix Some self-absorbed little shit seems to be trying to screw things up for other people...View original on lemmy.world261Comments14
ddlove67 vlemmy.net3Hide 3 repliesHonestly, it's a good thing. When people try things like this, it helps that they're stupid and easy to point to. It allows the devs to see and fix problems as they're exploited. I can see an easy "fix" being implementing a character limit on community names.73
Astrealix replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyAlso probably a rate limit? You don't need to make that many communities that often.36
Overzeetop lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyJust to be clear, this is a basement dweller's temper tantrum. You can smell the cheeto dust, mountain dew, and impotent rage through the screen. 67
Astrealix replylemmy.worldI like how this is supposed to be a "fuck it up" action instead of just a very minor inconvenience as well. If you want to fuck it up, do like a DDoS at least if you don't have the technical knowledge to find exploits.34
UUnfortunateShort lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyIt's a public platform, attacks, whether by white hat hackers or those with ill intend, are to be expected. It should be double checked whether this can cause a buffer overflow, otherwise it's just a little annoying. Edit: Okay, quite annoying, fair enough.35
deejay4am replylemmy.worldAbusing the system to flood the “trending communities” with pure bullshit is a bit more than a “little” annoying. Sorry you couldn’t squat community names for profit, loser.9
Necropola❌ lemmy.worldThe user has been banned but those communities have not been deleted yet (for whatever reason).4
Honestly, it's a good thing.
When people try things like this, it helps that they're stupid and easy to point to.
It allows the devs to see and fix problems as they're exploited. I can see an easy "fix" being implementing a character limit on community names.
Also probably a rate limit? You don't need to make that many communities that often.
Agreed
And as someone else said, a captcha.
Just to be clear, this is a basement dweller's temper tantrum. You can smell the cheeto dust, mountain dew, and impotent rage through the screen.
I like how this is supposed to be a "fuck it up" action instead of just a very minor inconvenience as well. If you want to fuck it up, do like a DDoS at least if you don't have the technical knowledge to find exploits.
It's a public platform, attacks, whether by white hat hackers or those with ill intend, are to be expected.
It should be double checked whether this can cause a buffer overflow, otherwise it's just a little annoying.
Edit: Okay, quite annoying, fair enough.
Abusing the system to flood the “trending communities” with pure bullshit is a bit more than a “little” annoying.
Sorry you couldn’t squat community names for profit, loser.
it's u/LMAO for reference. Just blocked him.
Must be u/spez going Karen mode.
Literally begging for a ban lol.
Give it ~8 hours lol
Done
expires: in 274 years
Lol
The user has been banned but those communities have not been deleted yet (for whatever reason).