Moderation Log


Date/Time Moderator Story/Comment/User/Tag/Category, Action, Reason
2024-04-21 09:15 pushcx Domain dominickm.com
Action: Banned
Reason: LLM slop
2024-04-21 09:05 pushcx Story: Dataflow Analyses and Compiler Optimizations that Use Them, for Free
Action: changed title from "Dataflow Analyses and Compiler Optimizations that Use Them, for Free – Embedded in Academia" to "Dataflow Analyses and Compiler Optimizations that Use Them, for Free"
Reason: Please don't include site names in titles.
2024-04-20 19:53 pushcx Story: Open Source's Funding Fiasco
Action: deleted story
Reason: Don't submit LLM slop.
2024-04-20 16:03 (Users) User Arya
Action: changed own username from "arya" to "Arya"
2024-04-20 13:50 (Users) User ellg
Action: changed own username from "elgruntox" to "ellg"
2024-04-19 23:58 (Users) Story: An Interesting Problem Solved In Python And Elixir
Action: changed title from "An Interesting Problem Solved In Python And Elizir" to "An Interesting Problem Solved In Python And Elixir"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-19 22:42 pushcx Story: GWP-ASan: Sampling-Based Detection of Memory-Safety Bugs in Production
Action: merged into kcyg0p (GWP-ASan: Sampling-Based Detection of Memory-Safety Bugs in Production)
Reason: Dupe... and apparently a bug in #954
2024-04-19 19:00 (Users) Story: TrueNAS CORE versus TrueNAS SCALE
Action: changed tags from "linux freebsd distributed systemd" to "linux freebsd rant"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-18 09:15 pushcx Story: Memory management in mpmetrics
Action: changed description from "This is a bit of an unusual problem for python, and I thought my solution was interesting. Suggestions on style/content appreciated." to "", changed markeddown_description from "<p>This is a bit of an unusual problem for python, and I thought my solution was interesting. Suggestions on style/content appreciated.</p>\n" to ""
Reason: Please don't use the story text to write comments.
2024-04-17 18:52 pushcx Story: Fallout Bullshit
Action: deleted story, changed tags from "games" to "games rant"
Reason: There's nothing here about programming.
2024-04-16 18:46 (Users) User ethankore
Action: changed own username from "tkore" to "ethankore"
2024-04-16 14:08 (Users) Story: Effect 3.0
Action: changed title from "Effect 3.0 – Effect Blog" to "Effect 3.0"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-16 04:22 (Users) User op
Action: changed own username from "np" to "op"
2024-04-15 17:02 (Users) Story: PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias
Action: changed tags from "security" to "security cryptography"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-14 20:30 (Users) Story: Inko 0.14.0 released
Action: changed tags from "programming plt" to "programming plt release"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-13 17:05 (Users) Story: tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algorithm
Action: changed title from "tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algorithm — wingolog" to "tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algorithm"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-13 13:31 (Users) User Gabriela
Action: changed own username from "Hihihi" to "Gabriela"
2024-04-13 13:31 (Users) User Gabriela
Action: changed own username from "Gabriela" to "Hihihi"
2024-04-13 08:52 pushcx Story: Unit and Integration Tests
Action: merged into 7q1tke (Unit tests considered harmful? No)
Reason: Please don't use stories as a super-response, just link from the comments.
2024-04-12 09:10 pushcx Comment by pushcx on iXsystems: No one is being 'marooned' by Debian focus
Action: used Sysop hat
2024-04-11 13:25 (Users) Story: Our Response to Hashicorp's Cease and Desist Letter
Action: changed title from "Our Response to Hashicorp's Cease and Desist Letter | OpenTofu" to "Our Response to Hashicorp's Cease and Desist Letter"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-11 12:17 pushcx Story: Giving up
Action: deleted story
Reason: Lobsters isn't set up to be a personal support forum, this is way above our pay grade of arguing over memory leaks.
2024-04-11 09:58 pushcx Story: Blog Writing for Developers
Action: merged into vfee1g (What makes a great technical blog)
Reason: Don't submit links as a super-response to other stories.
2024-04-10 14:18 pushcx User abriosi
Action: Disabled invitations
Reason: Invited cryptocurrency spammer PTS3000
2024-04-10 14:17 pushcx User PTS3000
Action: Banned
Reason: Saw the warning about unseen domains and broke the rule to post cryptocurrency spam.
2024-04-10 14:17 pushcx Story: WardGraph - Free Ethereum Graph Explorer
Action: deleted story
Reason: Cryptocurrency spam.
2024-04-10 10:05 pushcx Story: A Real-World Law-Enforcement Breach of End-to-End Encrypted Messaging
Action: changed title from "A Real-World Law-Enforcement Breach of End-to-End Encrypted Messaging (Real World Crypto 2024)" to "A Real-World Law-Enforcement Breach of End-to-End Encrypted Messaging"
Reason: Please don’t include event names in titles.
2024-04-10 07:17 (Users) Story: Crystal 1.12.0 is released
Action: changed tags from "programming" to "programming release"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-09 19:00 User dangermike
Action: Reset email
Reason: Reset email address so user can reactivate (jcs wiped emails on inactive users in the admin handoff in 2017)
2024-04-09 18:33 pushcx User Purple
Action: Banned
Reason: Sockpuppeting
2024-04-09 18:30 pushcx User Pantyhose
Action: Banned
Reason: Sockpuppet of ~Purple
2024-04-09 15:52 pushcx Story: Interactive Datomic Tutorial
Action: changed title from "Max Datom - Interactive Datomic Tutorial" to "Interactive Datomic Tutorial"
Reason: Please don't include author names in titles.
2024-04-09 15:52 pushcx Story: Open-Source Exploitation
Action: changed title from "Open-Source Exploitation - David Whitney - NDC London 2024" to "Open-Source Exploitation"
Reason: Please don't include speaker and event names in titles.
2024-04-09 13:53 pushcx Domain getupnote.com
Action: Banned
Reason: Spam from ~tmashpotato aka goodburb
2024-04-09 13:52 pushcx User tmashpotato
Action: Banned
Reason: aka goodburb. Spam for upnote / getupnote.com.
2024-04-09 13:52 Irene Story: 500 Mile Email - Absurd Bug Stories
Action: deleted story
Reason: this is not the classic story, but a sign-up page for a newsletter named after it. there is very little descriptive text about the newsletter itself. lobsters links are generally to actual, specific stories about something. this is essentially a new, creative way to spam, and it is inappropriate here.
2024-04-09 12:20 pushcx Story: UpNote v9: Cross platform cloud note app with scheduled offline backup and restore in Markdown format
Action: deleted story
Reason: Spam.
2024-04-09 10:55 pushcx Story: The threat to open source comes from within
Action: merged into bqdtct (Excellent succinct breakdown of the xz mess, from an OpenBSD developer)
Reason: Merging hot take.
2024-04-09 08:54 pushcx Comment by pushcx on Excellent succinct breakdown of the xz mess, from an OpenBSD developer
Action: used Sysop hat
2024-04-09 08:53 pushcx Story: Release of google/zx 8.0
Action: unmerged from another story
Reason: Bad merge, I must've stared at the sun too long. Thanks to the many folks who pointed out my mistake.
2024-04-09 06:00 (Users) User tmashpotato
Action: changed own username from "abandoned923" to "tmashpotato"
2024-04-09 05:05 (Users) Story: It's getting hard to use and recommend Firefox, I'm afraid for the free web
Action: changed tags from "privacy web" to "rant"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-09 04:59 (Users) User Purple
Action: changed own username from "Pantyhose" to "Purple"
2024-04-08 04:32 pushcx Story: i’m building a better fortnite. ask me how
Action: deleted story
Reason: Again, there's nothing here to discuss. Maybe try gamedev.city. Please review https://lobste.rs/about#self-promo and don't post promote another project until you're in line there.
2024-04-08 04:28 pushcx Story: HTTP/2 `CONTINUATION` Flood
Action: merged into kzafs2 (HTTP/2 `CONTINUATION` Flood: Technical Details)
Reason: Alternate link
2024-04-08 04:24 pushcx Story: Release of google/zx 8.0
Action: merged into bqdtct (Excellent succinct breakdown of the xz mess, from an OpenBSD developer)
Reason: Merging into this week’s xz story.
2024-04-06 07:44 pushcx Story: How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I
Action: deleted story
Reason: Paywalled.
2024-04-06 07:43 pushcx Story: A memory model for Rust code in the kernel
Action: deleted story
Reason: Paywalled, removing in favor of /s/goi5ht
2024-04-05 22:42 (Users) Story: Ownership in Rust
Action: changed tags from "rust" to "rust practices"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2024-04-05 13:39 (Users) Story: BugStalker: A modern debugger
Action: changed tags from "debugging" to "rust"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions