Hello everyone,

We unfortunately have to close the !lemmyshitpost community for the time being. We have been fighting the CSAM (Child Sexual Assault Material) posts all day but there is nothing we can do because they will just post from another instance since we changed our registration policy.

We keep working on a solution, we have a few things in the works but that won’t help us now.

Thank you for your understanding and apologies to our users, moderators and admins of other instances who had to deal with this.

Edit: @Striker@lemmy.world the moderator of the affected community made a post apologizing for what happened. But this could not be stopped even with 10 moderators. And if it wasn’t his community it would have been another one. And it is clear this could happen on any instance.

But we will not give up. We are lucky to have a very dedicated team and we can hopefully make an announcement about what’s next very soon.

Edit 2: removed that bit about the moderator tools. That came out a bit harsher than how we meant it. It’s been a long day and having to deal with this kind of stuff got some of us a bit salty to say the least. Remember we also had to deal with people posting scat not too long ago so this isn’t the first time we felt helpless. Anyway, I hope we can announce something more positive soon.

  • LinkOpensChest.wav
    27·
    1 year ago

    This is what it is, though. The entire point of switching to the term “CSAM” is because it more accurately describes the content as abusive.

    • candybrie@lemmy.world
      111·
      1 year ago

      I think they’re asking people to type out child sex abuse materials instead of CSAM. It’s not a common enough acronym that people know what it means without explanation. As evidenced by every post using CSAM having someone ask what it means.

      • LinkOpensChest.wav
        5·
        1 year ago

        There are people in every thread who ask, correct, but it’s pretty widely known by now. It’s no different than people previously having to ask what “CP” meant. Obviously, it’s not a problem and is generally considered to be worth the imperceptible amount of educating people to transition to the new term.

        Personally, I don’t find it annoying to have to explain things, so feel free to ignore the questions and leave it to people like me who don’t struggle with the keyboard. What does it take? Seconds to type out the definition.

        • candybrie@lemmy.world
          11·
          1 year ago

          I think when transitioning, it’s a good idea to spell the whole phrase out for your first use and then put the acronym in parentheses. And I’m pretty sure the complaint wasn’t needing to explain stuff but needing to ask and then have someone explain. It’s better if communication is clear from the beginning.

          • LinkOpensChest.wav
            1·
            1 year ago

            The vast majority of people know the term. Like I said to someone else, just ignore it and let people like myself answer the questions if it’s such a big fucking deal to you. You could even block the person asking so that you don’t have to get upset by people asking and answering questions in a discussion forum. Hell, you could even delete your account, and then everybody wins!