Not really.

Gup.pe groups were genuine ActivityPub Groups, like Lemmy communities, whereas these ‘FediGroup’ things are just Mastodon bots. They’re a ‘Service’, aka the automated version of a ‘Person’, so they’re no use to anyone on platforms (like Lemmy) that can only follow Groups.

The most similar recent thing to gup.pe is https://ovo.st/

Compare:

curl --header 'accept: application/activity+json' https://lemmy.world/c/fediverse | jq -r .type   
=> Group   
curl --header 'accept: application/activity+json' https://ovo.st/club/askfedi | jq -r .type  
=> Group

with

curl --header 'accept: application/activity+json' https://fedigroups.social/@audiofiction | jq -r .type  
=> Service

Dunno if you’re fussed about this sort of stuff, but this meme was already posted very recently: https://crazypeople.online/post/14691687 (sidenote: lemmy’s default UI doesn’t do inline displays of avif files, it seems)

Not the first time that bug’s reared its head either.

Example from here:

'nsfw': post.nsfw if post.nsfw is not None else False

A meme about PieFed half-arsing database migrations might not be funny, but would at least be valid, and less wearisome than OP’s post.

I’ve contributed code to PieFed in the past, but nothing recently. If someone comes across something I’ve written and finds it amateurish, then that’s a reasonable assessment. There’s no need for you to delete your comment, as I’m not a fan of features over fixes approach either.

The “People’s Front of Judea” remark relates to a Monty Python sketch from the The Life Of Brian (youtube link) - it’s a swipe at leftist infighting (swap out “The only people we hate more than the Romans is the Judean’s People’s Front” with “The only site we hate more than Reddit is PieFed” I suppose).

The OP linked to the function with the ‘enoughmuskspam’ filter in it: it’s here (line 352 if it doesn’t auto-scroll down).

As mentioned, it’s a bulk-community import function, that new admins can optionally use to kick-start a new instance.

The code you’ve linked to is another convenience function, for users this time, that will optionally add the relevant values to their content filters for the ‘All’ feed. It’s also not a federation block, and it’s common enough for fediverse users to want to hide posts about those people that it’s value arguably overrides any perceived messiness about ‘hard-coding’ their names.

Anyone who takes the time to understand PieFed’s codebase could find plenty of things to legitimately criticise. To my mind, though, it seems against the social contract around open-sourcing one’s hobbyist project, only for people to then be snarky about it online. If there’s bits of code that look like they were written on someone’s lunch break, that’s because they were.

The frustrating thing about this post, and the (now deleted) post before it, is that someone has taken more time to create some shit meme than they have reading the code they’re haphazardly attacking. I’ve no idea why PieFed has suddenly come under some Lemmy users sights, especially since the whole point of federated social media is that it shouldn’t matter what client someone uses, and how much it reeks of “People Front of Judea” bullshit.

This has come up before. Hopefully you’re just not understanding the code, rather than deliberately misrepresenting it to others. Even a casual scan should clue people in to the fact that the linked function isn’t concerned with federation blocks (the same list that ‘enoughmuskspam’ is in also contains ‘memes’ and ‘piracy’, which every PieFed instance has without any overrides required).

I’ll copy-paste my comment from last time (I can’t link to it 'cos is was in reply to a deleted post). The first 2 paras are the most relevant bits:

The code that OP has linked to is part of a convenience function for admins to add content to their new instances. It can query individual remote instances (e.g. lemmy.world), or it can query lemmyverse.net, and fetch communities that look to be popular and active.

It’s completely unrelated to routine federation, and doesn’t prevent anyone subscribing to communities that may have those words in their names.

The admin function could potentially be used to fetch hundreds of communities. It runs as a background process, so you don’t know what they were until after they’d been followed. The “bad words” list acts as a safeguard against bringing in things you might not want or expect. One reason is that you may want to curate the first impression you give new visitors, as there as some that will be put off by the “fuck this” and “shitpost that” reddit-isms. Another is that you don’t typically want communities that are disproportionately popular than others (e.g. if you bring in the default 25 communities, and one of is 196, then it completely dominate your front page).

If there’s a particular community that you are interested in (e.g. because you moderate it), using this function isn’t an efficient way to add it. In addition to the “bad words” filters, it will also exclude communities that are NSFW, or below thresholds for popularity and activity. Rather than fetching a bunch of communities at the same time, and hoping that the one you want is included, it’s better to just add it manually (via a ! link or by using the “Add remote community” link) in much the same way as you would on any other platform.

It’s mostly annoying me because it’s affecting federation - not just the ability for new instances to backfill content, but for established instances to even be able to fully resolve a new post’s details before the author nukes themselves. For example, the previous post (titled “Paranoia”) isn’t available on lemmy.ml or lemmy.dbzer0 because they would have been a few seconds “too late” to fetch the details for the author.

@lawrence@lemmy.world - if you’d like another mod to help out in the short term, I’m happy to volunteer. I realise people in the comments are being a bit defeatist about the ability to reckon with this problem, but whoever this person is should at least have to do a bit more work than they’re currently doing.

The code that OP has linked to is part of a convenience function for admins to add content to their new instances. It can query individual remote instances (e.g. lemmy.world), or it can query lemmyverse.net, and fetch communities that look to be popular and active.

It’s completely unrelated to routine federation, and doesn’t prevent anyone subscribing to communities that may have those words in their names.

The admin function could potentially be used to fetch hundreds of communities. It runs as a background process, so you don’t know what they were until after they’d been followed. The “bad words” list acts as a safeguard against bringing in things you might not want or expect. One reason is that you may want to curate the first impression you give new visitors, as there as some that will be put off by the “fuck this” and “shitpost that” reddit-isms. Another is that you don’t typically want communities that are disproportionately popular than others (e.g. if you bring in the default 25 communities, and one of is 196, then it completely dominate your front page).

If there’s a particular community that you are interested in (e.g. because you moderate it), using this function isn’t an efficient way to add it. In addition to the “bad words” filters, it will also exclude communities that are NSFW, or below thresholds for popularity and activity. Rather than fetching a bunch of communities at the same time, and hoping that the one you want is included, it’s better to just add it manually (via a ! link or by using the “Add remote community” link) in much the same way as you would on any other platform.

Posted by the comic author here btw: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51473460

On RT, the TV show Pluribus has a critic score of 98%, and an audience score of 69%, so maybe the The Onion’s joke about how Breaking Bad fans are not going to like it had something to it.

The problem is not feddit.org. You can still create communities there. The problem is that the ‘name’ field is too long - it’s needs to be 20 characters max. I answered this from another account, but now I’m thinking you can’t see it because you haven’t selected ‘English’ as a language you understand. If that’s the case, then it means problems with Lemmy are stopping people solving other problems with Lemmy, and the whole thing is doomed.

No, sorry. There’s !lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca you could ask in, 'cos your comment here might not be seen much.

“active users” are defined by lemmy: posts + comments + votes

The bot is trying to catch upwards trend in the amount of active users. This tends to be communities that were dead or fairly dead, and then one or two posts got some engagement and spiked the number up.

In terms of absolute active numbers, there’s no need for a bot because lemmy can tell you that. The bigger communities tend to swing up and down in terms of activity (cancelling themselves out).

For example, tenforward@lemmy.world had 65 posts this week, but active users ended up pretty much where it was. The table below has 28 entries as the crawler at lemmyverse usually reports 4 times a day, so it’s for about 7 days:

automod test

I’ll automate this in the future. ‘now’ refers to when the crawler at lemmyverse got the info, so it trails a bit behind.

Raw numbers for Subscriber Growth (7 days ago to now)

101 firsthrust@lemmynsfw.com         
094 redhead@lemmynsfw.com         
082 amazingbum@lemmynsfw.com         
070 neonhairporn@lemmynsfw.com         
056 short_hair_babes@lemmynsfw.com         
055 pale@lemmynsfw.com         
054 eroticphoto@lemmynsfw.com         
049 public_flashing@lemmynsfw.com         
046 gooner_girls@lemmynsfw.com         
045 outdoor@lemmynsfw.com         
044 pronebutg@lemmynsfw.com         
044 petgirls@lemmynsfw.com         
043 nsfw@lemmynsfw.com         
043 clit@lemmynsfw.com         
042 booknymphs@lemmynsfw.com         
040 ebony@lemmynsfw.com         
037 groupsex@lemmynsfw.com         
036 research@lemmynsfw.com         
036 femabs@lemmynsfw.com         
036 euroteenmodels@lemmynsfw.com         
034 pialoof@lemmynsfw.com         
032 hentaigif@lemmynsfw.com         
022 eyecontact@lemmynsfw.com         
018 hotwomenincars@lemmynsfw.com         
008 lewderhentaicaptions@lemmynsfw.com         
003 hentai_irl@ani.social     

I’ll automate this in the future. ‘now’ refers to when the crawler at lemmyverse got the info, so it trails a bit behind.

Raw numbers for Active User Growth (7 days ago to now)

407 tinytitties@lemmynsfw.com         
336 asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com         
236 desirablewomen@lemmynsfw.com         
227 xparadisio@lemmynsfw.com         
196 anklepanties@lemmynsfw.com         
191 ifyouhadtopickone@lemmynsfw.com         
188 nsfw_gifs@lemmynsfw.com         
171 juicyasians@lemmynsfw.com         
159 glasses@lemmynsfw.com         
153 yiff@lemmy.smeargle.fans       
146 rearpussy@lemmynsfw.com         
146 cameltoe@lemmynsfw.com         
126 lipsthatgrip@lemmynsfw.com         
115 ecchi@lemmynsfw.com         
111 plastt@lemmynsfw.com         
108 creampie@lemmynsfw.com         
107 hentai@lemmynsfw.com         
101 afrobull@lemmynsfw.com         
098 bodypaint@lemmynsfw.com         
095 beachfun@lemmynsfw.com         
094 masturbationhentai@lemmynsfw.com         
094 girlsmasturbating@lemmynsfw.com         
084 coffeegonewild@lemmynsfw.com         
081 fauxbait@lemmynsfw.com         
079 pegging@lemmynsfw.com         
077 frillysocks@lemmynsfw.com         
068 bustypetite@lemmynsfw.com         
067 deepthroat@lemmynsfw.com         
063 sensualbdsm@lemmynsfw.com         
059 hotandsexywives@lemmynsfw.com         
059 ftvgirls@lemmynsfw.com         
053 gonewild@lemmynsfw.com         
052 mommy@lemmynsfw.com         
050 fanslygirls@lemmynsfw.com         
049 bigasses@lemmynsfw.com         
048 misogyny_xxx@lemmynsfw.com         
048 gentlefemdom@lemmynsfw.com         
048 erotic_photography@lemmynsfw.com         
047 pornstars@lemmynsfw.com         
046 buttplug@lemmynsfw.com         
045 lewdanimegirls@lemmynsfw.com         
043 curvy@lemmynsfw.com         
040 nudedudes@lemmynsfw.com         
040 humiliation@lemmynsfw.com         
038 shibari@lemmynsfw.com         
037 cuminmouth@lemmynsfw.com         
036 blindfold@lemmynsfw.com         
035 asiancumsluts@lemmynsfw.com         
034 futanari@lemmynsfw.com         
031 massivecock@lemmynsfw.com         
031 fitgirls@lemmynsfw.com         
030 skinnytail@lemmynsfw.com         
028 angelawhite@lemmynsfw.com         
025 azurlaner34@lemmynsfw.com         
023 bondage@lemmynsfw.com         
021 blowjob@lemmynsfw.com         
020 domestic_discipline@lemmynsfw.com         
018 orgasm_denial@lemmynsfw.com         
017 wooden_horse@lemmynsfw.com         
017 facial@lemmynsfw.com         
015 ass@lemmynsfw.com         
011 tentaclehentai@lemmynsfw.com         
008 spanking@lemmynsfw.com         

I could add something as a comment to the post?

Suggestions are very welcome (it’s still a work in progress).

The way it currently works is that raw percentage change is then mulitplied by the actual change and then divided by 100.
So, for small community:
10 => 22
(22-10)/10 * 100 = 120% change
22-10 = 12 actual change
(120*12)/100 = 14.4% change

For a big community:
10000 => 10380
(10380-10000)/10000 * 100 = 3.8% change
10380-10000 = 380 actual change
(3.8*380)/100 = 14.44% change

This weights the changes by community sizes, so - for these examples - a big community growing by 380 is the same as a small community growing by 12, meaning that the final list is hopefully a mix of both.

The entries at the top of each section (separated by newlines) are communities that haven’t appeared in that section recently, so if you’re following along every day, you can easily see what’s new.

After that, the sort order is percentage change, but the actual percent isn’t shown because - particularly for active user growth - it’s often bonkers 10000% growth type stuff.

Edited to account for sh.itjust.works update