And, if you are comfortable with sharing, what are some of the worst things that you’ve seen?

  • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 day ago

    Isn’t this on the same level (hilarious and obvious fetish request) as asking a soldier how many people they’ve killed?

    • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      1 day ago

      Personally, I’m asking it because I’m considering running an instance of my own, and I want to know what to expect. This is an issue that concerns me.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
    51·
    3 days ago

    I don’t see disturbing stuff that often, usually few times a year, but it’s usually some very disgusting csam.

    Most of the time it’s just spam and trolls, but from time to time these degenerates show up.

    It doesn’t really have any lasting effect on me, I kinda manage to not think about it at all. I guess my aphantasia helps here as well, I think it’s much harder for folks who can visualise things in their mind.

    • spittingimage@lemmy.world
      1·
      19 hours ago

      Can you report it? My vague understanding is that the laws of the country where the server is hosted apply, so hopefully the police would have resources to investigate.

      • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
        2·
        16 hours ago

        We can and we do. Though I wouldn’t expect much out of it. I live in the EU and while it’s great at many things, being quick to act is not one of them.

      • kabi@lemm.ee
        22·
        3 days ago

        Here’s a handy flowchart for checking if a website has had CSAM uploaded to it:

        Has the site ever allowed file uploads by users?

        -> No: Users have not uploaded any CSAM.

        -> Yes: The site has had CSAM uploaded to it.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    44·
    3 days ago

    The worst has probably been the CSAM and the detailed instructions on how to kill yourself or suicidal ideation.

    In the end, to me, it’s just more content to remove, just like spam.

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 days ago

    Apparently some mods definition of disturbing is different than the rest of ours. One of them thinks talking about jury nullification is the utmost horror.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
      4·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think Lemmy attracts that crowd, but I used to moderate a fine arts Facebook group and my god… The pretentious drama wars. Like two museum directors were going to strangle each other over a Rembrandt.

  • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.caEnglish
    29·
    3 days ago

    When I volunteered as a new mod starting last year, I saw some horrific csam posts that I can’t forget, I just hope those who reported them have recieved some mental health support.

    To cope, I hike to my local park, take edibles, try to do anything to keep me distracted but it’s hard to forget. Even as I sit here freezing in my chair the ticking of my clock is a deafening reminder of the garbage I’ve seen. It doesn’t help in that I’m an empath(I receive the pain of others) either so I just think about why these things happen and try to promote systems that prevent past mistakes from reoccurring.

    A couple systems I’m aiming to improve is public education and mental health support. When people know how to better protect themselves and those most trustworthy nearest to them, the higher likelihood that atrocities like these can be prevented and stopped. That’s the hope anyways. No guarantee it’ll work.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    32·
    3 days ago

    I moderate a few smaller but active ones. I don’t see a whole lot of bad stuff apart from the occasional garbage opinion such as [insert least favorite ideology here].

    This might be because the places I mod are pretty chill in nature. I’m sure of the topic was something more volatile and spicy, such as politics, it could be a different story.

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
    30·
    3 days ago

    There was a while after the Reddit exodus where apparently lots of CSAM was being posted. I never saw it personally, but apparently it was a big issue.

  • Nicht BurningTurtle@feddit.org
    26·
    3 days ago

    Most things are ads, spam or people reporting comments they politically disagree with.

    There was a troll spamming cp some time ago, but that was before my time as a mod / admin.

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
    22·
    3 days ago

    So far I’ve just seen some deeply racist memes and comments. Thankfully it hasn’t been very frequent, so it’s not really been anything I had to cope with mentally or anything.

  • asudox@discuss.tchncs.deM
    13·
    3 days ago

    This community was included in that spamwave a few months ago. I saw a few CSAM here. We had to lock the entire community down to deal with it.

    That spamwave at the time was happening in the entire fediverse btw.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    I run a community that has like 8 posts, most by me, so never. I need to post again cause that Marvel game is dying.

  • GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 days ago

    Woah what the hell? I’ve seen like 5 comments mentioning CSAM. I’m gonna need someone to elaborate on what the fuck was going on

    • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
      14·
      3 days ago

      The Reddit API exodus in 2023 brought hundreds of new instances and tens of thousands of new users to Lemmy. Unfortunately, many of those instances had open registrations, Lemmy’s moderation tools were very basic (they still are), and there were not enough mods/admins to provide 24-hour coverage on the larger instances. A handful of trolls took advantage of the situation by posting grotesque stuff for lulz: CSAM, scat porn, racist memes, etc. Sometimes it would stay up for hours until someone with the right permissions noticed and took it down.

      The situation is better now. Though there is still plenty of room for improvement.