Lemmy.ca Support / Questions
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Update mlmym request
Mlmym has updated again and fixed some compatibility issues with the latest Lemmy version. It would be great if old.lemmy.ca would update
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Post about Microsoft pinned as announcement
Why am I seeing a post about Microsoft from 9 days ago pinned as an announcement at the top of /all ?
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A couple of mod related issues
Not a high priority because I can still do what I need to. Might be related to the latest upgrade.
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When I go to reports in a /c that I mod, "Unread" gives me an unending wait, hourglass, spinny thing that doesn't time out. "All" seems to work fine so I'm not stuck.
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When I click on a user's name I get an error page: > Error 1033 Ray ID: 8935e13f1e7c6064 • 2024-06-13 23:32:26 UTC Argo Tunnel error > > What happened? > You've requested a page on a website (lemmy.ca) that is on the Cloudflare network. The host (lemmy.ca) is configured as an Argo Tunnel, and Cloudflare is currently unable to resolve it.
Edit:
- I haven't been able to cross-post since the upgrade - the page comes up like it's ready to cross-post, but if I touch anything like "Select community" for example, all the fields clear and I'm left with an empty "Create a post" page.
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Is there any way to disable audio by default when auto-expand is on?
I've noticed recently that as I'm paging through lemmy in firefox if a video is posted it will start auto-playing with the volume maxed. I don't mind it autoplaying before I get there but it's very annoying to have a page load and suddenly getting blasted with unexpected sound.
an example post that does this: https://lemmy.ca/post/22495123
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Having trouble seeing posts and comments
Hello,
Sorry, I should've posted this here instead of the main community.
I noticed that I cannot see some posts or comments from this account on this instance. Some of which are my own posts/comments. These are not posts/comments that have been removed nor does it have to do with bans or blocks.
My own posts/comments for which I receive replies, I will see them in the “messages” section and will be able to access them from there. The posts in communities will be displayed, but comments will show as unable to view
If I log in using an account form another instance, like sh.itjust.works for example. I can see all the missing posts and comments normally.
Here’s an example of a post that I made in the Montreal community. I doesn’t appear when using my lemmy.ca account, but will appear when using my sh.itjust.works account.
Community: [email protected]
Post: REV Saint-Denis | Une entrave dans une portion névralgique indigne les cyclistes
And I noticed I can't even see my own post in my own community [email protected]
Is there a problem with this instance?
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Update mlmym request
I sent a feature request to https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym and it was added in one of the recent versions. Have been waiting a while to see if it would be updated automatically or by an admin, but it hasn't happened yet. So here is my request for it to be updated.
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Max number of communities modded by one person.
If you look at the communities tab and sort by new, more communities there have 0 posts than have more than 10 posts. It seems like people are just making communities for the sake of having something to control, without any interest of actually contributing. Often times the communities are opposing, so it's not as if the mod actually has knowledge or an interest in all 6 sides.
Is there any discussion behind the scenes on a way to curb this. or is this not a concern at this time because lemmy is still small?
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Moderator question
I'm the original mod and creator of this 'sub lemmy' https://lemmy.ca/c/leaf_nation. The other mod requested approval from Lemmy.ca admins to take over the account in the past. However, he hasn't been active for at least 3 months in this instance, and he/she even added a bot to the account. I'm applying to have him removed as mod and additionally the bot. I'm here to stay. Would you please consent to this? Thank-you.
- lemmy.ca Imagery of War - Lemmy.ca
No Gore allowed — keep comments civil without politics. This is for CURRENT conflicts, not historical. Thanks and enjoy your time here.
I do not understand why my posts aren't showing up. Does 'admin' maybe have some idea? Thank-you and have a great weekend, everyone. Looks like rain through to the 1st of next week. (sigh)
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Editing a private message then saving deletes the contents
A few hours ago I received a PM from someone and I replied. I clicked edit but chose not to change anything so I clicked save and my entire message was deleted! Fortunately the message wasn't very long so I didn't have to type much but still.
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Wrong email registration
Hello lemmy.ca I did register in your instance, but I did type my email wrong. Is there any chance to be fixed? Because I want to have the same username.
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[RESOLVED] lemmy.ca sends every activity out 3 times?
Hi. Just looking at what lemmy.ca sends my server:
From nginx log:
your.ip.address - - [20/Feb/2024:03:48:47 +0000] "POST /inbox HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "-" "Lemmy/0.19.3; +https://lemmy.ca" your.ip.address - - [20/Feb/2024:03:48:49 +0000] "POST /inbox HTTP/1.1" 400 0 "-" "Lemmy/0.19.3; +https://lemmy.ca" your.ip.address - - [20/Feb/2024:03:48:57 +0000] "POST /inbox HTTP/1.1" 400 0 "-" "Lemmy/0.19.3; +https://lemmy.ca"
Dumping the JSONs reveals 3 duplicate files, all containing:
"id": "https://lemmy.ca/activities/create/0968bf93-ac05-4178-bf3f-28cdc65fc338" "actor": "https://lemmy.ca/u/HairyOldCoot" "object": { "id": "https://lemmy.ca/comment/7454502" "content": "That was an episode of Sliders." "published": "2024-02-20T03:48:45.810068Z"
These are 3 Creates, not 1 Create and 2 Updates or anything. I've chosen a comment 'cos that's public info, but it's the same for all other activity too (Votes, Deletes, etc).lemmy.ca isn't alone in this. endlesstalk.org sends everything twice (info posted here), as does lemmy.sdf.org and mander.xyz, but lemmy.ca is the only one I've seen send stuff 3 times. Other instances (e.g. aussie.zone, feddit.nl, lemm.ee, lemmings.world, lemmy.world, programming.dev, reddthat.com, sh.itjust.works, slrpnk.net) don't, but there's nothing obvious like lemmy version numbers to indicate the difference.
Whilst I'd prefer you didn't send me stuff 3 times, I'm mostly mentioning it because I doubt it's good for your own resources to send every activity by every lemmy.ca user out multiple times. Also, the OPs of my community are from Mastodon, so I imagine you're sending them the same message 3 times too ...
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Anyone else locked out of Jerboa?
Got 'invalid login' when viewing my profile after the lemmy update, logged out, re-setup 2fa using a browser and now Jerboa crashes when pressing the 'login' button after entering my details.
Disabled 2fa and still the same results.
Consistently crashing in the same spot every time I try.
Switched to Boost for this post.
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Gift card scam community popped up
https://lemmy.ca/c/xfinityauthorize
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Reporting bot instances? There is an annoying one that is reposting posts and full comment threads from Reddit.
There is a federated instance that seems to be doing 1:1 post copies from Reddit. Not only are the questions copied, all the users are bots and entire comment chains are copied. This is not entirely a bad thing in some edge cases.
However, reposting questions in fake(?) tech support communities with fake comments is annoying as hell and a waste of time for people who really want to give genuine advice. alien.top is one of those weird instances, for example.
I can easily block the instance on my client, so there is that. If this is actually an issue, it should be blocked, defederated, whatever, at the lemmy.ca instance level.
In fairness, I don't have a full grasp of the details of how federation actually works, and personally, I don't really care at the moment. (I'll dig into it later as time permits.) Heck, for all I know, there could be a legitimate connector built to facilitate easier transition for users that are migrating from Reddit to Lemmy. (Is that even a thing?)
Cheers. Sorry if I sound stupid. This was just bothering me a bit.
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Help! Created new account on lemmy.ca, and can't log in.
Help! Created new account on lemmy.ca, and can't log in.
I created an account, set a password, and now when I try to use them, they don't get me off the login page.
If I change either my username or password by a character, it clearly says 'credentials are wrong,' implying that my unmolested credentials are correct - but it won't log me in.
I've tried different browsers, turned off uBlock Origin, but nothing helps.
Any advice?
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2FA has come unsynced?
Hello! Set up 2FA with authy, logged in on Connect, never a problem logging in on Firefox. Downloaded eternity and I get a bad 2FA error when I try and log in. Firefox takes my user and password now, pops up the 2FA box, but then doesn't load/give an error message. Is my 2FA unsynced?
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Can we defederate from kbin until they fix their spam issues?
A lot of my front page is full of kbin magazines that are inundated with spam. As we are all acutely aware, moderation actions on kbin are not replicated across the fediverse, causing lingering spam needing to be cleaned up by other instance moderators and admins.
I would just eliminate interactivity until kbin pushes an update that fixes the federation moderation issue, because 80% of the kbin content I see these days is just spam.
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Any way to filter posts by keyword, like what Voyager for Android does?
I'm getting a little tired of seeing 90% of my feed filled with news from Israel and Gaza... on Voyager, you can filter your feed based on keywords, but it seems that the Lemmy web UI only allows for blocking of instances and users.
Am I missing something or can it be done?
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Posting to lemmy.world fails all the time [Issue Closed]
I was trying to reply a post at [email protected] : https://lemmy.ca/post/1127818 , origins from https://lemmy.world/post/1020538
When I clicked "Reply", the little circle on the button had been spinning and never finished.
I refreshed the page, and no surprise, my reply was not posted successfully.
Similar issues has been happening to me in the last few months, and now I finally wrote my issue report.
Is this issue due to our site or their site?
Edit: Closed this issue. See https://lemmy.ca/comment/4133550
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Would you be interested in opting-in to lemmy-meter?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5719058
> Follow up on a previous post: [DISCUSS] Recent momentary outages > > --- > > I've been working on a simple opt-in solution, primarily for Lemmy end users like me (but also helpful for admins), to easily check the status/health of their favourite instance. > > 🌎 lemmy-meter.info > > You can find the details of the implementation in lemmy-meter github repo. > > --- > > ❓ @admins: would you be interested in adding your instance to lemmy-meter? > > You don't need to do anything except confirming - I'll handle the rest. It should only take a few minutes for your instance to show up in lemmy-meter. > > Out of the box it will send only 4 HTTP GET requests per minute to your instance. However that is totally configurable if it sounds too much or too little. > > --- > > PS: I wasn't sure how to reach out to the admins short of messaging them individually.
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Could I get a few communityrequests reviewed?
lemmy.ca Community Requests - Lemmy.ca - Lemmy.caPlease post here if you wish to request moderation of an unmoderated community. Include details of why you are applying to take over the community. Communities will be considered unmoderated if the community moderators have had no activity within the community for a month. All requests will be vette...
No rush, and the delay is on me because I didn't message or tag an admin with the post.
I'm requesting /c/CommunityPromo (to get running again) and /c/healthquestions (to close)
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What to do when you find a bug?
I think i've found a bug, but i'm not sure the protocol for where to submit it.
The bug:
This comment: https://old.lemmy.ca/comment/3118239
- clicking "load more comments" shows nothing.
- clicking "view the rest of the comments" shows comments on post, but without this reply
For the regular view: https://lemmy.ca/comment/3118239)
- clicking "show context" shows a sibling comment
- clicking "View all comments", shows all comments but either my comment or the sibling comment.
- clicking "1 more reply" returns nothing
I think the parent comment (and replies to my comment have been deleted. Maybe this is intentional behaviour
Actually this might be the bug: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3886
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Is there a limit to how many communities you can create?
I wanted to create all the canadian telecom communities but then after I made 3 new ones the website wouldn't allow me register more. Is there a weekly limit I should account for?
I just want everyone to have a space on here to talk about communication services.
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kbin.social links not working in old.lemmy.ca
I noticed that kbin.social communities i'm subscribed have broken links in old.lemmy.ca -- not sure if its a config issue or an mlmym issue, but figured i should tell someone
example:
[email protected] link on old.lemmy.ca points to https://old.lemmy.ca/m/[email protected] , https://old.lemmy.ca/c/[email protected] works fine
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"Forgot password" form not working
Hi,
Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this, not sure how else to get the attention of the admins. The password reset form for lemmy.ca doesn't work. When you click the "Reset Password" button, the subsequent XHR POST to https://lemmy.ca/api/v3/user/password_reset returns an HTTP 404.
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Lemmy.ca performance issues
I've been constantly running into issues of stale content and errors fetching post on lemmy.ca the past couple of days.
While scrolling on my client (Sync), I keep seeing errors about fetching new posts and have to click retry a few times to fetch more posts. At times I have to retry 6-7 times. Additionally, it seems like I'm seeing posts I've already seen a lot from the past more quickly than I'd expect in "Hot".
I tried changing to a different instance and at least the first issue was immediately resolved. Posts were fetched quicker, and I didn't get any more errors while fetching posts.
I haven't run into this on alex.lemmy.ca on desktop (yet), so it's possible that it's an API issue. It's also possibly a Sync bug.
I suspect there's been a recent performance/federation regression, could one of the admins confirm/deny my suspicions? Totally not a problem if it's not something that can be fixed right away, just wanted to bring it to y'all's attention.
Edit: although the screenshot mentions posts being filtered, I don't have enough filters to completely prevent fetching new content
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Block an entire instance
How do I block an entire instance?
I'm getting really really sick of blocking dozens of communities from lemmynsfw every single day. It never ends ffs.
If I want porn, I'll go looking for porn. It shouldn't be every third post in my feed.
Honestly, how is anyone supposed to join Lemmy if they all just get flodded with mountains of porn??? I can't imagine anyone that's not already invested in being here wanting to join. (unless their looking for a pornhub alt I guess...)
Not everything NSFW is porn and I'm not looking to remove non-porn so permanently hiding everything tagged NSFW isn't a solution.
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Could we get the photon UI for lemmy.ca, please?
lemmy.world Alternative UI: Photon - Lemmy.worldWe added an extra UI for our users. Photon by Xylight is an interface with a sleek, modern look and has all the bells and whistles you would need. Moderator tools included! You can access the UI from https://photon.lemmy.world [https://photon.lemmy.world]. Visit Photon’s project page on github [http...
It looks pretty slick and seems like it's officially supported on lemmy.world.
While we're at it, any chance the Alexandrite UI could be supported too?
Thanks! You guys are killing it!
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Should we block OpenAI from scrapping the server?
Right now, robots.txt on lemmy.ca is configured this way
User-Agent: * Disallow: /login Disallow: /login_reset Disallow: /settings Disallow: /create_community Disallow: /create_post Disallow: /create_private_message Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /setup Disallow: /admin Disallow: /password_change Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /modlog
Would it be a good idea privacy-wise to deny GPTBot from scrapping content from the server?
User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /
Thanks!
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is [email protected] under attack right now or is swarm of porn links intentional?
The "all new" feed is a bit of a mess regardless. Hundreds of porn links being posted on [email protected]. I can't tell if this is bots or some weird and intentionally random thing they are doing.
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What is the data retention policy of lemmy.ca?
How is the system running lemmy.ca doing? I'm curious to know about the storage size this instance has and if there was any plan to purge data after X years of inactivity?
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Are post titles broken?
I see a lot of posts like this where the title is truncated. Clicking on the title in an app/browser just seems to take you to the link, so I have no idea what the full title actually says.
This appears to be a bug, unless I'm missing something?
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Duplicate post on this instance from a remote user
I just noticed that /u/Synthead@lemmy.world posted in /c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca and for some reason it posted twice on this instance
- https://lemmy.ca/post/2238125
- https://lemmy.ca/post/2238275
When you take a look at his post history on Lemmy.World, he only posted once.
I'm not sure what situation could have caused a double-post in the backend/ActivityPub level? Anyway I just wanted to flag the odd behavior.
Thanks, and sorry for pinging you @[email protected], not your fault at all.
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Instability on the app?
Hey all, I am having trouble submitting requests this morning to Lemmy.ca. Creating posts (like this one) I attempted 3 times all of which failed to complete their requests after minutes of waiting.
Beefier servers needed? More caching? Sure, let's do that. That said, I think there should be some UI improvements on the client side that improve the experience when we do encounter flakey servers.
My suggestion is to time out on the high-request-count workloads on the client side so that you're not accidentally hammering the server with requests that won't complete. Client side js code should convert a request like the create post green button to a error / retry button with text explaning what happened (hey the request timed out after x seconds).
I don't imagine /create_post is a high throughput endpoint, but suffice it to say that my request continued to wait in the queue patiently for the server to never respond and it was also a frustrating client-side experience. Other endpoints are probably the culprit behind any excessive server use.
Client-side it should time out after 15-30 seconds, if not less, so that I'm not just waiting and re-typing everything into the create post form again (because there's no way to retry if it's still waiting for the server response!). Re-typing everything in is the worst!
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I tried to delete my lemmy.ca account, but after refresh it is still there.
Basically the title. I went to settings > delete > enter password ... And nothing changed. How do you delete a lemmy account?
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Is the layout of Lemmy.ca a Lemmy-UI thing or something forked? Because I spotted a bug that's only on this site. edit: can repro elsewhere but differently
I noticed that when I click my username menu-dropdown (the profile|settings|logout dropdown) on this Lemmy instance, because the menu is aligned to the left but the button is in the top-right-corner and I have a very short username, it widens the window because it extends outside of the normal right edge of the viewing area.
Here, let me show you what I mean:
--- !picture of bug
note the overflowing dropdown box and horizontal scrollbar. That horizontal scrollbar only appears when the menu is visible.
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I was going to log a bug in lemmy-ui, but then noticed that this doesn't happen on my other account on sh.itjust.works. Then I realized the difference: sh.itjust.works has a massive amount of wasteful padding on the sides, and over a maxwidth it just centres the whole site. Meanhwhile lemmy.ca uses the full width of my browser window.
First, I want to say: Thanks! Please use my screen to the fullest extent instead of wasting it on empty bars. If I wanted a narrow view, I'd shrink the browser window.
But I'm curious, is this customization something built into Lemmy or an unsupported tweak to the Lemmy code. That is, should I still log my bug on Github?
edit: confirmed can repro on narrower window on sh.itjust.works, logging bug to github.
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Some of my posts / communitites do not appear on other instances.
This post doesnt appear to .world or .sjw users.
It suspect it doesn't appear to anyone at all, considering these get usally 100+ upvotes.
this community doesnt appear in my other accounts as well even if i try to manually force it (ie https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected] when logged in on a .world instance)
What could cause this issue?