This post explains the incident well but long story short some hackers were able to compromise user and admin accounts through stolen authentication cookies on some instances....
I also want to mention this happened at 2 or 3 AM EST, which only had 2 admins on, me and the hoster. I should’ve made a post, but given the severity, lack of info, and lack of staff members, we both decided to shut it down immediately until it was patched. I personally apologize for the downtime but I hope it’s understandable why we did it this way. In case something like this happens again, I’ll post it in the FMHY Divolt server.
Our instance is only defederated from one other instance and it’s lemmygrad. My question is why? It doesn’t seem like a hate group or anything as far as I can tell. Can someone fill me in?...
If you guys can link some bad posts that are actively encouraged by the instance then I’ll add it to the blocked list. (This is why it isn’t blocked right now - all I’ve heard is that it’s just right wing, which doesn’t constitute a block.)
Doesn’t seem like it’s the majority of users or people on the instance. From nbats on disc:
I just need more proof they’re actually super malicious because most of the stuff linked was downvoted on exploding. in other words yeah shitheads exist there, but they don’t seem to be the majority really
EDIT: after some further discussion we’ve decided to defederate. we’ll be making a post sometime soon with a defederation policy.
Hi, yes, this is a very good server, no bias whatsoever 😊
We do Originals, Plus, and First content. Podcasts can be requested but I’ll have to do those manually. Sometime soon we’ll also be doing Curiosity Stream, HD nebula videos (non-exclusive content but higher bitrate than on youtube), and classes (whenever yt-dlp adds support for it.) Plus a bot to automatically do requests :)
I also have a release group there called iDoISO, where we do full ISO rips of 4K and BluRay discs and “lossless” MKVs (basically no encoding whatsoever.) We don’t have a lot of releases for them right now (it’s pretty pricey even for a few 4Ks) but I’ve put a lot of time and attention to each release, so please take a look :)
If you have any questions or feedback don’t hesitate to reach out to me! (Either here, on Divolt, or over DMs!)
EDIT: oh also we have a discord server if you don’t like Divolt, just know that all the links are under b64 and idoiso isn’t on it.
Yeah I asked you to post what you wanted to #Requests, and since you didn’t respond I figured I’d ask you here 😅 All of the exclusive Mustard videos should be there. LMK if there’s anything I’m missing.
Im honestly scared to get into pirating but some things are just way too overpriced. i know theres the piract bay and such sites but it requires torrecting and a vpn but i cant afford a vpn so is there like a direct downloads version of the pirete bay or a safer alternative? im looking to get a few peices of media by the way....
Closest thing would be the Usenet, which is paid. (Decently cheap, but still.)
Seedboxes and DMCA ignore VPS’s exist, which is how a lot of DDLs and streaming sites live. You can also encrypt it before uploading (although you’ll have to decrypt it afterwards.) For archiving, Telegram has 2GB file limits but is free and unlimited total storage.
If you have dev experience you can get in touch with us over on Divolt :) Otherwise the best way to improve FMHY is to help with the wiki. We have a #to-do channel on our server which is a great starting point.
As for project ideas specifically for FMHY, I don’t have any rn. We have a billion backups and projects like Divolt and Lemmy are additive (and really made for the whole community rather than just FMHY.) But maybe some of the other folks here have some ideas.
You could potentially run a backup site or a different lemmy instance, but that requires people possibly knowing your real IP and port forwarding (unless you use a VPN or port tunnel), technical knowhow, and constant uptime. If you don’t mind ruining the PC, you could also test software / cracks on there. (Turn off your internet if you’re planning on doing this.)
Honestly, the best way you can help is contributing to the wiki and helping people out in Divolt and on here. No extra computer needed.
Here’s a fun drinking game: take a shot every time image uploads break.
You’re best bet is to use an external host (catbox, imgbb, etc) for images in posts, and to leave icons / bgs empty. For whatever reason, uploading images on Lemmy can be pretty buggy and this is the best solution.
Also are there size limits (in pixels or kilobytes) for image uploads?
Not AFAIK but keep it under 10 MB if you wanna be safe.
why lemmy.fmhy.ml was down for a day and the changes made after that
This post explains the incident well but long story short some hackers were able to compromise user and admin accounts through stolen authentication cookies on some instances....
Why is the fmhy instance defederated from the lemmygrad instance?
Our instance is only defederated from one other instance and it’s lemmygrad. My question is why? It doesn’t seem like a hate group or anything as far as I can tell. Can someone fill me in?...
Is there a place where I can get Nebula content?
I know of the sitewide rips on TorrentGalaxy, but they don’t have the newer stuff. Any site which tracks everything that gets uploaded to it?
Is there something like the pirate bay but for direct downloads?
Im honestly scared to get into pirating but some things are just way too overpriced. i know theres the piract bay and such sites but it requires torrecting and a vpn but i cant afford a vpn so is there like a direct downloads version of the pirete bay or a safer alternative? im looking to get a few peices of media by the way....
New projects ideas for me to attempt?
hey...
can I help freemediaheckyeah with an extra computer lying around.
If I have a free computer with internet access, how do I help freemediaheckyeah with server loads or anything in regards to helping?
Media uploads and instance support
I guess my first question is “is this the right community for Lemmy instance support?”...
Heh Im the 70th post (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
hehe funni number
Hello! Can we normalize a few things?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/36032...