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Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances

I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message... #lemmy #fediverse

https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/104218/Lemmy-ml-is-blocking-all-requests-from-kbin-Instances

Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances - /kbin meta - kbin.social

I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...

Jun 27, 2023 at 6:40pmWeb
Show threadCloudlessJun 27, 2023
I am happy to see nothing from the tankies.
Show threadSilviecat44Jun 28, 2023
What is a tanky?
Show threadCloudlessJun 28, 2023

The term "tankie" is a slang term used to describe a person who supports or apologizes for the actions of authoritarian communist regimes, particularly those that have used tanks or military force to suppress opposition or maintain control. The term originated from the Soviet Union's use of tanks to quell protests and uprisings, most notably the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the 1968 Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia.

While there may be varying interpretations and uses of the term, it is generally used pejoratively to criticize individuals who defend or downplay the human rights abuses, political repression, or atrocities committed by these regimes.

(ChatGPT)

Show threadSilviecat44Jun 29, 2023
Ah ok thank you
Show threadSemmelstulleJun 27, 2023

I think they're scared by the growth of kbin haha

No but for real, Federation is about being open in my opinion. We have modlogs, everything. Then please provide information about why you exclude x from doing y.

Show threadHondolorJun 27, 2023
Kbin seems alot better so far than Lemmy. First time I"m hearing about it but so far it's a better experience
Show threadSeroshJun 27, 2023

This is utterly baffling and goes against the whole idea of the Fediverse. To take advantage of the impending mass migration, just days before Reddit shuts down their universal API access for good, this all leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

So users now have to choose between two already-smaller communities when making the transition? This is only going to make a semi-complicated process even more confusing, and end up pushing users back to Reddit.

I had mostly used Lemmy.ml up to this point, but I didn’t leave Reddit to join another u/spez dictatorship. What a disappointing turn of events. Kbin is now my primary.

Show threadChemicalRascalJun 27, 2023
Well that's a bit fucked. I figured that maybe they'd just tried to block bots, but no, "testBot" goes through just fine. They specifically seem to be rejecting "kbinbot", though, not just anything with "kbin" in it.
Show threadcockatoo010Jun 27, 2023

Isn't that the instance where an admin is afiliated with the CCP?

I'm not surprised at all

Show threadasanetargossJun 28, 2023
@cockatoo010 @barista Do you have a source for this? /srs
Show threadOtome-chanJun 27, 2023
common lemmy.ml L. thanks for the heads up though that interacting on lemmy.ml stuff might be broken.
Show thread☄️~Stardust Diving~🌌Jun 28, 2023
While underhanded, it's better than weirdo shit like worming their way into kbin instances and pulling coups on the mods, which is what online reds used to do to various left-leaning political subreddits, FB pages, etc. Better to keep the tanks in the depot.