Yet another “brilliant” scheme from a cryptobro. Naturally this caused a gold-rush for scammers who outsourced random people via the gig economy to open PRs for this yml file (example)

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    8 months ago

    If you think “crypto” people came up with this I have bad news for you, spamming is as old as the internet, and adding ads to repos is not new. Btw, “cryptobro” is a sexist term that excludes women.

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      8 months ago

      Btw, “cryptobro” is a sexist term that excludes women.

      I’m usually that person getting downvoted for insisting on inclusive language so I totally get you, but girl I’ve never met a cryptobro who wasn’t a man.

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      8 months ago

      Admins please include instance blocking for comments, thanks. No instance ending in .de ever has anything of value to say.