There are free tiers for some cloud providers, like Oracle (though personally I recommend against using anything Oracle ever).

I think that would just be a different instance.

Yes, there’s always time to learn, and code contributions are by far the most valuable!

It’s open source. Feel free to contribute.

I got one so I picked it apart. The link runs a script on the local system that downloads a kubernetes runtime. From there I assume it runs a Bitcoin miner or something, I didn’t go any further.

I’ve only seen it for two so far, and after I blocked them it was fine.

Part of the problem was Sonarr trying to grab episodes that hadn’t aired yet. I think a fix for that is forthcoming. That should cut down on them. I don’t know if there is a fix to let you block extensions.

Yeah it doesn’t look at file extensions. Block the release group name. Those releases are malware.

Does Lemmy let you retroactively deny applications?

Nobody is remotely at risk of losing life or limb because slrpnk is down for a little while.

I think “permanently deleted” is when a mod or admin deletes their content administratively.

Hard to say just from what’s in the modlog. Maybe they’re editing a post instead of deleting it?

Can you link some examples?

If you want a professionally managed instance, you are welcome to pay for a hosted one.

They don’t need to shut down for that.

Found the guy who’s never moderated a large community. It’s not discussions with opposing viewpoints, it’s ad spam, harassment, CSAM, gore, literal neo-nazis, and once in a while someone spamming racial slurs.

For a limited number of requests, yes.

You might need to click the verification link in the email it sends you

Does your local instance know about that community? By pasting the whole URL into the search field, then subscribing to it? If nothing has been federated yet, the instance won’t show it because it doesn’t know about it.

There are site with tools to view federation status, but I don’t know any off the top of my head.

Either change the file names back or just download them again.

it’s local multiplayer only, since the online servers have shut down