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PSA: Bot advertiser going around (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by Taalnazi@lemmy.world to c/meta@programming.dev
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Hiya, i'm not sure who runs programming.dev now nor where to tell, but might be worth to inform them there's a Coca Cola advertiser going around in DMs, that's from y'alls instance. It's https://vger.to/programming.dev/u/DrinkCocaCola

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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 hours ago

Farewell Coca Cola enjoyer; we hardly knew ye!

[–] AdminBot@programming.dev 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

They have been banned. If any other accounts do something like this, please report the DM's so that we have visibility.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Praise be, thanks!

I actually did try reporting but couldn't, it hence why I did it this way.

[–] Boppel@feddit.org 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

is it an aprils fool joke or is it really just poor timing? i would wait till tommorow and then suggest banning thus acc.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah this is the exact DM they send. I suspect it's an ad or a scam attempt by having you click the image with something attached.

[–] entwine@programming.dev 4 points 7 hours ago

This has to be a troll. There's no chance that Coca Cola thinks it's a good idea to advertise by sending generic copy through DMs on Lemmy.