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[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago

I believe this is a thing in Quebec.

from https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/canadian-culture/canadian-culture-naming


In Quebec, the Civil Code requires parents to assign their child only one surname (either a single or compound surname) derived from their respective surnames. Compound surnames may not have more than two parts, with or without hyphens. Thus, a couple named Joseph BOUCHARD-TREMBLAY and Marie DION-ROY could give their children the surnames:

  • BOUCHARD
  • TREMBLAY
  • DION
  • ROY
  • BOUCHARD-TREMBLAY
  • DION-ROY
  • BOUCHARD-DION
  • BOUCHARD-ROY, and so on.

In Quebec, the law provides that spouses retain their respective birth names when they are married.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

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There have been many varieties other than that one. We must be getting to them before you see them, which is good.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

I thought I'd give a quick update on the efforts to combat the spam wave.

Clearly someone wants to make Lemmy a less appealing place to be. It's a deliberate attempt to spoil the good thing that we have going here. l'll leave it up to you to contemplate the motives and timing of this attack on the fediverse.

So what are the Mods doing, and what can you do to help?

The most obvious one is that we are deleting the spam as soon as it is seen. We are checking more often, but as volunteers we can't be on Lemmy 24/7. We also have some automated checking going on. This is working fairly well, but occasionally some legitimate posts are being removed. These get restored eventually, but sometimes it can take a while for this to be actioned. If this happens to you, please be patient.

As users, we can help out by reporting spam posts and by posting quality content. Contributing to our community is the best way to make sure that it remains a safe, interesting and thought-provoking place.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 64 points 3 months ago

Continue to contribute meaningful content too. :)

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I'm talking about the things that make you really excited.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

We are part-way there. Some basic controls have been implemented. I don't want to get too specific as then they can set out to circumvent them. It shouldn't affect most genuine community members overly much.

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We've implemented some basic controls to hopefully catch CSAM material earlier. As with any such control, occasionally there might be false positives. Unfortunately that's the price we pay....

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

Might be worth mentioning on !fediverse@lemmy.world

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We have temporarily locked posting on AskLemmy until the CSAM posting stops.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago

Hi OP. I'm sorry that you were exposed to CP. Thankfully I didn't see it before it was purged, but I'm sure it was distressing, especially for someone who was a victim.

I feel that you post is important, but this is not really the appropriate community to raise it. Can you please re-post in support@Lemmy.world?

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We are currently looking for mods to help moderate Ask Lemmy on lemmy.world.

AskLemmy is the fourth largest community on lemmy.world and has an active member community. Mods will need to be able to do a quick check one or more times a day, most days of the week. Checks typically only take a minute or two, although on occasions they may take longer.

Please DM me or reach out on Matrix if interested. @bluetreefrog:matrix.org

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Low effort posts (lemmy.world)

Ask Lemmy is a place to ask thought provoking questions. The mods have been lenient with some of the recent posts on the basis that they must provoke thought for some people, but after seeing two posts essentially saying "what do you think of my stick?", I believe we can raise the bar a bit on what kind of thoughts we want to provoke here.

No more low effort posts please.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Look up biblical cosmology on Wikipedia.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Many of them can only be controlled from a smartphone app that requires both the phone and the robot to access the cloud. ☹️

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Lol. Brings back memories of all-nighters playing Doom in the computer labs. IT used to delete it from all of the desktops and we would just ftp it back again.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Gettin' hot in here. Remember Rule 1 people!

People who engage in debate in good faith are welcome. People who abuse and name call are not. Doesn't matter what your political ideology is, BE NICE!

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

(…) cops have yet to ID a suspect.

Surely the could do it digitally?

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

In case it wasn’t obvious, ignore this suggestion.

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