lemmy.org has been defederated

We've seen a lot of spam come from lemmy.org and we have therefore defederated from their instance. For the moment they have open registrations which only require filling out a simple captcha to create an account which many people abuse.

The admin is active but rarely takes moderation actions, but I've sent a DM to them with our concerns. We'll see how permanent this is.

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MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 157d (5 replies)

Please excuse my ignorance, I'm still barely clear on how everything works, but what instance is lemmy.org? Clicking that link seems to bring up a ton of different instances, so I'm not really understanding what the impact of this is.

reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net · 22 pts · 157d (1 reply)

If you go in your browser to lemmy.org and choose “local” you can see what you’re missing. It is not much. If you sort by new you will see why the admin made their decision.

MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 157d

Ohhhh, thank you! I don't think I go to any of those instances. I was just a bit curious.

will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 157d (1 reply)

Some users and communities are on lemmy.org and you won't see any new content or be able to talk to anyone from there until we refederate

sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 156d

Any popular ones?

BestBouclettes@jlai.lu · 6 pts · 157d

It means that you will not see content from lemmy.org from your account on lemmy.blahaj.zone. If you create an account on another instance that is still federated with lemmy.org, you'll see its content.

neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 157d (2 replies)

To spare folks a click...

As of this moment (Wed Apr 22 2026 17:41-ish UTC), the most recent 20 posts on lemmy.org are from the user @MyDick@lemmy.org, posting in a new community (lemmy.org/c/mydick). The community includes only these 20 new posts, all of which are all pornographic and feature fetishized feminine transgender bodies (of questionable authenticity). The posts were all made in fairly quick succession (within a 20-minute timespan),.

Subjectivity notwithstanding, it's pretty tasteless content. That being said, the posts aren't all that different from other communities built around sharing dull pornography in the same light.

As a general rule, does blahaj.zone de-fed instances for hosting porn?

( For context, I'm asking to learn more about blahaj.zone's curation policies, not asking rhetorically to start an argument. :)

will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 30 pts · 157d (1 reply)

Those accounts also spammed our communities and other instances. if it was all contained in a nsfw community it wouldn't be an issue

neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 157d

Roger that. Thank you!

Forsho@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 157d (7 replies)

Can anyone explain what that even means to users?

nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 157d (5 replies)
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Forsho@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 157d (1 reply)

Thank you for this great explanation.

I understand it perfectly after reading your reply.

Note: this lemmy org boat are kinda like pirates now (i wanna join them)

will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 157d

oh yeah, you're not local. Yeah this won't affect you at all

Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 156d (2 replies)

Like right now there’s some drama with the lemmy.world server and some people are deciding they don’t want to be on a server where, at best, the admin is acting like a child.

Can I get context? I’m nosy 👀

nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 156d (1 reply)
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Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 156d

Thanks! My distaste of .world just keeps getting reaffirmed

will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 157d

Some users and communities are on lemmy.org and you won't see any new content or be able to talk to anyone from there until we refederate