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Cake day: June 9th, 2023
  • No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How do you verify that a used bike that you're buying isn't stolen?bykersploosh@sh.itjust.works
    19 days

    I live in Japan where bicycles are registered with the police.

    Is that mandatory registration for all bicycles, or voluntary?

    I have encountered cities, and even universities, in North America that offer voluntary bicycle registration. Very few bike owners here actually register their bikes, though. And I assume the different registration systems do not sync up, so a thief simply needs to move the bicycle elsewhere when they sell it.

    If you have any suspicion the bike might be stolen, then assume it is stolen.

The Agora@sh.itjust.worksbykersploosh@sh.itjust.works
1 month

[Discussion] New sidebar banner submissions for sh.itjust.works

A recent post in c/main has sparked interest in finding a new sidebar banner for our instance. The current one is AI generated, and was chosen by our users from a bunch of other AI-generated submissions. It has been three years since then. Also, the mood toward AI has shifted. Maybe it’s time for something new, and human-made?

This post is a place to collect submissions for new banner artwork. Put your art in the comments below! We plan to leave this post open for two weeks, and hold a vote on Friday, Sept. 11.

For context, here is the recent post in c/main: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65729579

Here is the old banner discussion: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1022097

And here is the old banner vote: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1432783
(Unfortunately, some of the image links are broken.)

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    The Agora@sh.itjust.worksbykersploosh@sh.itjust.works
    11 months

    [Vote] Should we defederate from maga.place?

    A bit over a month ago, a user posted in !main@sh.itjust.works to propose defederating from maga.place. That post was followed by a discussion in !agora@sh.itjust.works a week ago, which seems to have gained some traction. In response, we’re going to hold a vote on the matter. Voting will be open for one week, through Friday, November 7.

    The Agora discussion post is here:
    https://sh.itjust.works/post/48420886

    Only sh.itjust.works accounts created prior to today (October 31) may cast a vote.

    Vote by commenting either yes/aye/oui or nay/no/non.

    Any further discussion should happen in the Agora post linked above.

    Additional Context/Discussions

    Similar discussion at lemmy.ca: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46502305

    Other fediverse instances are also defederating: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48111431

    The instance’s page at Fediseer: https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/maga.place

    VOTE RESULT

    yes/aye/oui: 363
    nay/no/non: 43

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      The Agora@sh.itjust.worksbykersploosh@sh.itjust.works
      1 year

      [Discussion] Defederation from chinese.lol and lemmy.doesnotexist.club

      Hello everyone. We recently defederated from the two instances below. In the interest of transparency, I am opening this discussion post as a place for our users to discuss any questions or concerns.

      • chinese.lol
      • lemmy.doesnotexist.club

      Both instances were identified in a recent post (https://hackertalks.com/post/8713785) for harboring suspected vote manipulation accounts. The spoiler in that post names 49 suspicious accounts. A bit of database digging on our side confirmed that all of those accounts are being used solely for coordinated downvoting of a small number of Lemmy users. They are also only the tip of the iceberg; at least 92 other accounts on these two instances also match the same pattern of behavior.

      We have reached out to the admins, and have not received a reply. Until we hear otherwise, these two instances are considered unmoderated and have been defederated.

      That is all. Have a great Friday!

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