It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges. Anubis is a tool hosted on our infrastructure that requires browsers to do some heavy computation before accessing Codeberg again. It really saved us tons of nerves over the past months, because it saved us from manually maintaining blocklists to having a working detection for "real browsers" and "AI crawlers".
Controversial opinions are tolerated here, even if less taxes probably rather help large companies including our worst competitors instead of free/libre software projects.
However, hate and discrimination is not an opinion. The rise of far-right forces has lead to some previous right-wing forces to participate. From blaming social issues on immigrants to delaying action on climatecrisis, we disapprove of any action that makes the world a worse place due to selfish interest.
We have learned that nuances between far-right and right-wing differ a lot between culture and country. However, one thing is clear: We won't tolerate discrimination of any kind. And most arguments I have read today that say "right-wing is an acceptable position" argue for parties that are involved in discrimination of trans humans and immigrants, and spread an idea of women from the terrible past.
It doesn't matter how it is called. It's clear what we don't want.
~f
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqxxwh9csnd6pls2wtz5mmsusd2tsnzvj26m3a2naaazlefq42v3aqe82hhk You can find numerous screenshots circulating online. We do not intend to give the content further reach.
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq988h9tqe5ueq0aepu9fsp5e0t3htpap99rywlstj6xwzch7q8yhs4e8l8f nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqkzk9pnwftlas9zt2kwmklw82anvtt05kck5qeey4f5thr4u2vr3sr88x0h Are there any descriptions of the attack? Right now the only possible motivation is a second-hand description by codeberg themselves.
It makes me wonder: why did codeberg not explain what they think the rationale was?
Was it because the messages contained abuse?
If I wanted to hide the real reasons or techniques of my attack, would be enough to fill it with abuse and people would purge it before letting the public analyze it?
That sounds like an exploit against moderation.
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqxxwh9csnd6pls2wtz5mmsusd2tsnzvj26m3a2naaazlefq42v3aqe82hhk There was a spam campaign targeting repositories containing information for marginalized folk with slurs. They tagged many accounts so as to cause as much disruption as possible, and the issues/comments they left were sent to peoples' email inboxes as email notifications.
Please excuse the brevity, there is a _lot_ happening right now. ~n
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqha576ydckdvd6me4ryxyq5k5wqu4258k2fe7qe5ncf2lznz2yzrsw03a5p Usernames can be found by crawling the site or searching for random combinations (e.g. when trying to provide you access to a project).
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqr3n08ljcwy5smnd8wvpl999ky4tyjnckplu492dl59egnpmr6m6ss2307x We are considering legal steps, but we suppose chances of success are rather low.
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqkzk9pnwftlas9zt2kwmklw82anvtt05kck5qeey4f5thr4u2vr3sr88x0h This makes me wonder about the political alignment of Codeberg. The announcement contains six mentions of far or extreme right, which I suppose is uncontroversial, but it also contains two derogatory statements about right in general, without prefixing it with 'far' or 'extreme'.
Are non-extreme right-leaning contributors welcome, or do I have to move my projects somewhere else if I want to be welcoming to contributors with a diversity of political views?
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqgwvqjpydd59qgssguz4r8w7yhcgpfaauu7f4znpyf9ul6303atfqfsfzr9 This really depends on who you want to welcome, I suppose. A diversity of political opinions is much appreciated. However, hate and discrimination are no opinions, not even by abusing "free speech" to insult people. People violating our terms of use are definitely not welcome to Codeberg, and any kind of discriminating behaviour won't be tolerated by us.
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqggq32kh9ntv0jv5vr2m9hr4p40d084e0c38zkf0prwdfk82fwgksppx67k Yes, we'll likely limit this. Implementation seems to be a little more tricky, though, based on a first glance.
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqycq484wyz5fdzsxe07zkdsstfqx2wctys9l2huhsgder66ffl55qlqvmja We actually had measures in place, but they were fine-tuned to prevent SEO spam while preventing false-positive account deletions, unfortunately. We recently deployed Forgejo Guardian and built-in moderation tools for Forgejo are part of our roadmap โ these are an active work-in-progress.
Anyway, sorry that you had to see that vile content. ~n
We stay strong against hate and hatred, and in response to the recent abuse campaign on our platform, we have renewed our commitment to fight for a better world. We apologize to everyone who was greeted with an abusive message this morning.
Read about the recent incident and our position on our blog: https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html
Thanks to all your kind words of support, this is much appreciated. #StaySafe
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