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I did not, it seemed complicated and rabbit-hole-y.

In the end I just added an Anubis-like feature into PieFed. It works great.

I used fail2ban as an anti-scraper strategy for a few months. It helped with the really basic scrapers that only use one or a few IP addresses.

But then they adapted and started using hundreds or thousands of different IP addresses, each one only making a couple of requests. fail2ban became counter-productive as it slowed my server down - the log files it was monitoring became massive under high load and it needs to scan the log files often to check if an IP has been seen before.

I’m not saying don’t try it, I’m saying it’s only effective in some situations.

It’s always dns at least half the time

haha looks like you’re aaalmost at the point where water cooling is compulsory.

Is it a Threadripper? I built a couple of those for architectural rendering, such absolute beasts.

Nice chonky heatsink, goddam

Just in time for the fertilizer shortage.

Whatever man, they’re all examples of successful nonviolent revolutions. Successful in the sense that they overthrew the previous regimes and what came after was probably better than what would have come after if they achieved the same thing violently.

I’m just a guy trying to make sense of the world and share the fragments of what I’ve managed to piece together and you come in here throwing around insults and making aspersions. Not cool.

Is the CIA in the room with us right now?

https://lithuania.lt/news/life-and-work-in-lithuania/the-baltic-way-how-holding-hands-changed-history/

On August 23, 1989, a momentous event unfolded that would forever leave its mark on history. Two million people joined hands, creating an unbroken human chain that spanned over 600 kilometres, linking the capital cities of Vilnius in Lithuania, Tallinn in Estonia, and Riga in Latvia. This awe-inspiring display of unity and determination became famously known as “The Baltic Way.” It was a peaceful protest against the illegal Soviet occupation and also one of the earliest and longest unbroken human chains in history.

The Baltic Way was more than just a physical connection; it was a profound political demonstration for freedom.

Remarkably, within just six months of this transformative protest, on March 11, 1990, Lithuania declared its independence, becoming the first of the Soviet Republics to do so.

check this out!

Completely useless…

Yes

Violent revolutions have a huge risk of producing prolonged violence, authoritarianism, or other disastrous outcomes, even if they succeed in overthrowing the old regime.

On the other hand here are some successful non-violent revolutions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_revolution

Nonviolent revolutions generally produce better institutional outcomes than violent ones (it’s science).

Also watch out for selection bias - we tend to remember revolutions that became enormous historical events. Check out this table of pitiful forgotten revolutions and note how many “Suppression of the rebellion” there are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peasant_revolts

How about trying some of these:

https://www.aeinstein.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action

…before getting violent.

I’m not sure what you heard but this should clear it up any misunderstandings.

https://join.piefed.social/2026/08/06/what-piefeds-social-credit-system-actually-does/

There’s just you and me here, 1 person isn’t a pile on.

Sorry you’re having a bad time, I hope you feel better soon.

Fair enough.

How websites are labelled is up to the instance admin. It used to be that all labels were warnings but in the latest version of PieFed it became possible to use neutral or positive icons as well:

It still says ‘warning type’ and ‘warning on posts’ in the UI which is an oversight I’ve just noticed!

This change was a result of criticism I read. Often when people write that stuff they think they have discovered some nefarious thing that exists that way because I want it to. The fact is it was all thrown together very quickly so it’s not always well thought-out but when people don’t like things I listen and make changes. Nothing is set in stone.

PieFed has some sensible defaults but all blocks can be changed by the server admin. They’re not hard-coded.

PieFed has no hardcoded instance or user blocks. You were lied to by bad people.

Of the 12,730 accounts that were active in the last week, there are 60 with the so-called “low quality” indicator, or 0.4%.

And this is in an environment where people cast 32 times more upvotes than downvotes so to earn that badge you need to be super super completely absolutely unpopular. Consistently.

You’re part of a pretty special group.

Maybe try being less of an asshole? See how that goes for you.