Nowhere Else To Share

So I've noticed that there's a little group of accounts all with the same name, presumably the same person with alts on several instances, and they all like to upvote their own stuff from their other accounts with the same name on other instances (and from other accounts which don't have the same name but seem likely to be the same person). Here's what it looks like. (I have redacted their actual username, since I'm not sure if that is acceptable to post in a bigger and not-drama-centered community.)

Each of these little groupings is multiple votes from accounts with the exact same name, all applied to the same comment within a few minutes of each other from (for example) the programming.dev and slrpnk.net accounts, a little while after the infosec.pub account posted it:

SELECT p.actor_id, cl.score, cl.comment_id, cl.published FROM person p, comment_like cl WHERE p.name = 'redacted' AND cl.person_id = p.id ORDER BY published ASC;
              actor_id              | score | comment_id |           published           
------------------------------------+-------+------------+-------------------------------

(some excerpts:)

 https://infosec.pub/u/redacted     |     1 |    1961075 | 2025-02-22 16:22:56.014731+00
 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1961075 | 2025-02-22 18:00:51.325286+00
 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1961075 | 2025-02-22 18:03:18.236992+00

 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958485 | 2025-02-22 18:03:19.371003+00
 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958485 | 2025-02-22 18:00:50.886344+00
 https://infosec.pub/u/redacted     |     1 |    1958485 | 2025-02-22 11:23:42.226386+00

 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958643 | 2025-02-22 18:03:19.093138+00
 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958643 | 2025-02-22 18:00:50.944788+00
 https://infosec.pub/u/redacted     |     1 |    1958643 | 2025-02-22 11:57:14.571075+00

 https://infosec.pub/u/redacted     |     1 |    1958775 | 2025-02-22 12:18:29.561662+00
 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958775 | 2025-02-22 18:00:51.007097+00
 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958775 | 2025-02-22 18:03:19.019653+00

 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958789 | 2025-02-22 18:03:18.814704+00
 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958789 | 2025-02-22 18:00:51.063719+00
 https://infosec.pub/u/redacted     |     1 |    1958789 | 2025-02-22 12:20:44.963274+00

 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958826 | 2025-02-22 17:59:48.55791+00
 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958826 | 2025-02-22 18:02:49.300343+00

 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958827 | 2025-02-22 18:00:16.302578+00
 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958827 | 2025-02-22 18:03:20.336056+00

 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958832 | 2025-02-22 17:59:48.497287+00
 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958832 | 2025-02-22 18:02:49.359749+00

 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958871 | 2025-02-22 18:02:49.420568+00
 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958871 | 2025-02-22 17:59:48.43862+00

 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958873 | 2025-02-22 17:59:24.697018+00
 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958873 | 2025-02-22 18:04:55.884635+00

 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958875 | 2025-02-22 18:04:55.795094+00
 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958875 | 2025-02-22 17:59:24.792819+00

 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1958877 | 2025-02-22 17:59:24.743799+00
 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1958877 | 2025-02-22 18:04:55.84273+00

 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |    -1 |    1958982 | 2025-02-22 18:00:51.647423+00
 https://infosec.pub/u/redacted     |    -1 |    1958982 | 2025-02-22 12:55:05.047563+00

 https://programming.dev/u/redacted |     1 |    1959091 | 2025-02-22 18:03:18.551263+00
 https://infosec.pub/u/redacted     |     1 |    1959091 | 2025-02-22 12:55:40.650352+00
 https://slrpnk.net/u/redacted      |     1 |    1959091 | 2025-02-22 18:00:51.138157+00

The reason I'm bringing this up:

1. Isn't this a problem? I get that it's hard (impossible) to prevent this type of thing, but it seems weird that the infosec.pub admins weren't into the idea of it being a problem when I pointed out this super-blatant instance of it to them. I do feel like dealing with blatant Lemmy-fraud when it happens is kind of a good instance hygiene type of thing to do.
2. You should know that this user also talks pretty constantly about how the Democrats are bad, and anyone who votes for them is a fool, and Kamala Harris was the one who invaded Gaza, and so on. And they like using their multiple alts to upvote that content of their own. I feel like having that confluence pointed out is relevant.
3. Is there something that I should be doing different than just pinging the admin and then moving on with my life if they don't do anything?

I can't exactly articulate why I feel like this is an issue, but I do. This also doesn't necessarily seem like the right place to post this, but also, I wasn't sure where to post it, and so...

I just used "insomuch" in a comment elsewhere for some reason, paused, looked at the word, and had no idea what the fuck I just wrote.

Looked up the definition and I had used it correctly at least.

quoting from a blog I've found this week through a link on lemmy ☞

Jaws? Gone. Chewing deprecated.

Mouths? Gone. Nutrition is delivered via IV. All communication is text-based.

Heads? Permanently tilted forward in screen-prayer. Cervical spine fused into gamer hunch.

Eyes? Massive, glassy orbs. Double eyelids evolved into mucus membranes for seamless TikTok consumption.

Fingers are long now. Disturbingly long. Dry, twitchy, curved for optimal touchscreen input.

We don't walk. We scoot. Legs are shrunken. Ankles fused. Technically functional, spiritually broken. Like a 2016 version of PHP.

We're pale, not ethereal, just unwell.

Hairless. Slick. No need for insulation when you never leave the pod.

Swollen asses. Reinforced tailbones. Biological seat cushions for lifelong sitting.

A chance encounter/mini documentary about picking up a random hitchhiker, who turns out to be folk artist Micheal Hurley.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hurley_(musician)

• Invidious
• Youtube

FYI: Alegria "Art", or the larger "Corporate Memphis" style is flat-color, anatomically-distorted slop associated with corporations and used by Facebook, Google and others.

Yes, I could make a community but I'm not here often enough to moderate one.

I'm sure we all feel great seeing photos and videos of huge protests. This isn't accomplishing much. We need more. I don't know what that is. I just know that we need it.

Barry Blitt, The New Yorker

Yep, still relevant!

We all wish it could, but it can’t. I have a favourite example. One of Picasso’s greatest works, Guernica, was made shortly after the bombing of the town of Guernica in Spain by Franco, the fascist dictator and friend of Hitler’s. Picasso read about it and created this antiwar masterpiece from the images in his head. Afterwards, we had the bombing of Dresden, Nagasaki, Hiroshima and then 9/11. So if that scale of greatness can have no effect whatsoever, we need to realise the limitations of art and music.

☞ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/20/steve-reich-we-all-wish-art-could-counter-the-direction-of-us-politics-but-it-cant

Felt peak might yeet later

Looking for femboy stans
No lowballs IKWIG

Feelin eepy TTYL
aloaf aloaf ❤️~

Some good quick information on what type of thing was used and how to protect yourself. Stay safe out there everyone.

i stumbled on some notes through a search and found this collection of ringtones on its main page 🤷