Nicole got a new outfit!

Kinda off topic, but may I ask what client that is?
- I answered it here.
  
  Ah. Sorry to make you repeat yourself then
- I think it's Thunder

is that a bottle or a crack pipe
- That's a bong. Note the curvature on the neck

I'm new here and I just received a message from this person, is this an inside joke between Lemmy users ? :D
- Yes, but also no. Its a spam bot that basically sends a msg to everyone haha.
  We just laugh with it hehe
  
  Thanks !

How is she "the fediverse chick" when she has a discord chat ?
- This is actually a really good question that I don't have the answer to lmao

Oh I got this. I didn't even realise it was a scam, lol. It seemed to fit with the old fashioned internet aesthetic here. But yeah, this is why I don't share photos online.

I wonder if the actual woman in the picture is aware of all this. Be kind of wack if it was just a hijacked webcam.
- I doubt it, very little people would use their own image in a spam attack.

I’ve not seen this yet but that’s insane 😂

Don't encourage it, we don't want it to lay eggs.

god dammit, yall are making me feel peer pressured into unblocking her
- I'd prefer if you keep her blocked and don't initiate communication with my girlfriend...

If you feel left out, she/he/the spam organization, also sends messages (same photo) under; missy29 prodajvodapavel (which translates to sales water pavel, in slovenian)
- This still comes off as misgendering. Maybe don't do that. She makes it clear that she uses feminine terminology even if she is spamming people.
  
  I'll bet you 'she' is not one individual. This is a bunch of people scamming, that's been going on from many Eastern European countries for many, many years. Scams don't have genders.

I didn't realize you could send or receive direct messages on Lemmy until I got sent this!
I recently got my third one... 😅
- I got the first one yesterday and was mildly annoyed that you can not block the sender of a PM directly from your inbox - as you can with authors of post responses. Had to actually click that stupid profile (after reporting it) and block it from the profile page.
  
  I've read that it's multiple accounts across instances, so blocking would be tricky. I've had three so far and I keep getting different photos with each one, it's really weird

Got Nicoled today
- Me too! Am I finally part of the cool and hip Lemmy gang now‽
- Got nicoled 3 times.
  Does anyone know what the point is?
- Eyyy me too. I truly felt like I was a part of Lemmy finally

Finally got blessed with an inbox from Nicole today and found this post. Hope this lady at least sent these images to someone and it’s not just someone creeping on their cam.
- Unfortunately, these images are almost certainly stolen. I don't imagine many people would consent to their photos being used in a spam attack.
  That said, in the image you can see a bong, and from her face you can tell that she's high. So these are probably images/frames from a video that was taken to commemorate this person trying weed.
- I finally got it too. It feels like a rite of passage. You're not a full citizen until you got the DM.
  
  I want to be indoctrinated into the Lemmy Fediverse too. Still waiting for my message.

The (singular) fediverse girl is kind of sad
- There are dozens of us
  
  You're giving the game away.

I'm starting to feel really left out
- I may not be the Fediverse Chick, but if it helps, I can DM you.
- We need a neverbrokeabone community for Nicole-less people.

MRW I get a suspicious message from Nicole, the Fediverse Chick
- I keep blocking it, but...

I joined the club today.
- Congratulations! Each Nicole message gives you 1,000 Fediverse EXP points!
  
  Finally a cryptocurrency I can spend.
- lol same

Got my first Nicole today. Made me kinda happy ngl lmao
- I've only got a Sara. She doesn't put nearly as much effort in.
- Me too! Yesterday was my first day here, and Nicole was the last thing I got before I went to bed.
  
  I've been here since the reddit blackout and Nicole just ignored me until now lmao
- Same! I feel like I’m part of the ~~harem~~ club now!
  
  Hell yeah!

Wait, so this is spam? And y'all knew about this? She sent me a DM, too. Guys am I compromised?
- she sends us all DM's, thats the joke
  from all different instances. its becoming a good meme. I suspect parsing the mod log for her name is a hoot

Worried how unusable this place will be if real spammers find their way here
- DMs don't worry me that much, but botted content, upvotes and comments would kill the platform like any other.
  
  Botted comments and admins not in the helm.
  I'll admit, the thing that made me go from Kbin to Lemmy was seeing tons of spam on unmoderated places. (Not blaming the admin for not being able to manage the site in that particular case, they had more pressing issues.)
- I expect the software to improve. The "fediverse chick" spam is the perfect opportunity to test countermeasures.
- Yea, that’s the thing that scares me
  
  this is why I'm ok staying small and never going mainstream, honestly I had hoped that for reddit pre 2010 but by mid 2010s it was already too far gone
- Perhaps a way to limit how fast new instances are able to post and tools to identify those causing spam

Checked my messages and yep it is there

Got my first today

Damn I didn't get one with the new outfit yet :(
I really hope Nicole just becomes a huge fediverse meme
- She's already a meme. Maybe in 20 years when the fediverse is popular, this will be a thing only us "old timers" know.
  I sound like a grandpa now...
  
  You sound like a wannabe grandpa "When are my grandkids coming dear, I want to see them before I pass"
- I just got this exact DM over night. Never heard of the nicole before. Is she here often?
  
  Every few months, "Nicole" mass spams a bunch of PMs inviting people to click on various suspicious links

Wait…you mean we aren’t soulmates? 😭
- You may still be soulmates, but you're certainly not the one dating her.
  
  Lemmy is so far left that we all share a communal girlfriend

Is that a crack pipe😭
- Looks like a bong to me
- Nicole seems to be experimenting.
  
  Stay in school Nicole!(George Brown College specifically)

I told her not to message strangers on the internet yesterday. I feel she might be cheating on me.
- The only stranger on the Internet, my dear stranger, is YOU! You've been played! She was ALWAYS MINE!

I still have not received a single nicole dm :(
- I got my first one an hour ago, truly an honor.
  
  Same. I vaguely remember a post from a few days ago mentioning a fediverse chick and now I finally know what it was talking about
- I can forward you mine if you want
- Same. I feel so left out :(

I am not missing out for once, glad to see nicole in chat room hell

I finally got a message from them 3 min ago. I was worried I wasn’t cool enough 🥲
- Funnily enough, I had never gotten one on my old account which was >4 years old on .ml - but after I made this one on my own instance, in less than a day, I finally got one.
  
  Serious question: are there reports of the Fediverse Chick on the Tankie Triad instances? Maybe you didn't get one because she just avoids them entirely?

I only got 1 massage from her 5months ago, now she ghosted me :(
- She gives out massages? Damn, I'm missing out.
- Damn, I feel bad for you. Now this doesn't mean that I'll allow you to make moves on my girlfriend, but I'm there for you.
- With a happy ending?
- Same hete, and I am fine with that.

Got my one today. Finally part of the gang.
Has anyone actually bothered engaging?
- Getting engaged after just one message seems a bit desperate.
  
  I dunno. Apparently she's the daughter of a wealthy man who just needs my help to get his fortune out of Poland.
- I tried, but failed as the server didn't seem to exist.
  
  Many of our hard-working instance admins are on top of blocking her whenever she pops up again.

I was hit too just now.

Sorry, who is she? I keep seeing her face in memes.
- My gf, back off
  
  Sorry bro, I think she's cheating on you.
- Basically the first concerted spam/phishing attempt hitting lemmy, so this most certainly non existent lady is now a meme.
  
  Damn I feel left out. She hasn't messaged me :(
- Some spammer
  
  Or some random image used by a spammer... Who can tell?

also just got a message with her new outfit
looking good, nicole :)
- Do we love our girlfriend or what?
  
  It's a social experiment, and this thread is part of the plan.
- Hands off, buddy. She's mine!

Just got it an hour or so ago.
Can someone explain the con?
- No con. That’s my girlfriend.
- Probably pig butchering but I'm not aware of anyone that's went in and came back with a story yet
- Honestly, no idea. Maybe it could be a test for future scams, maybe it could be a social experiment, or maybe its just a troll.
  It's kinda like the "You Are An Idiot" virus.
- Could be a friendica Ad.

Wow. They started to get "creative".
Does anyone know if this image is AI generated or is it just stolen?
- The person and the background look too similar between photos for this to be AI. The person behind the scam probably searched the web, and stole this poor person's photos. Judging from the poor quality, I'd date it around ~2008
  
  I’d date it around ~2008
  Eh, my laptop's webcam looks worse than this.
- Given that she looks pretty much the same in multiple outfits across multiple pictures, I would assume that they are stolen from some 2000s online site

I got 4 nicole messages, beat that
- I've got like 9...
- i only got like 3

This is the first time I've heard of this.
Anyone know why this message doesn't lose the "unread" tag. I'm using Boost
- Cause she has a Lemmy platinum account.
- Boost has not had an update since mid 2024. I think it's abandonware.
  I managed to clear it by going to the tab left of messages tab and clicking clear all.
  
  Switched to Voyager very recently and it's pretty sleek so far. Easy to navigate and sort.
  
  Maybe your mom is abandonware
- Anyone know why this message doesn't lose the "unread" tag. I'm using Boost.
  Must be a Boost problem. File a bug report.
- I'm on boost too. Hit the double checkmark icon, but while you're in the replies tab. Def some kind of bug.
  
  Had to do the same thing on connect with all her messages. Wouldn't let me delete them either. Very strange that it's a bug that affects multiple clients.
- I had to close the app and reopen it
- Same.

Wait I'm now realizing, is that a bong?
- no, it's definitely a Florence flask, trust trust
- Yeah Nicole appears to be enjoying yonder broccoli
  
  Well, that actually explains the sagging eyes and the melancholy face. Also might be a likely explanation of why these photos were taken: people just like documenting themselves trying out stuff.
- For some reason I was thinking it was a test tube, but a bong seems more likely.
- Bong or dab rig, definitely.

Does just viewing this thread trigger a message from her wth
- You have to light two candles, stand in front of your bathroom mirror, turn off the lights, and say "Nicole" three times.
  
  After seeing this post, I was wondering what this was all about, spent a couple of minutes looking it up, only to get a PM from her.
  Have you guys turned this into a summoning ritual?!
- she's watching you...

I am so happy the Fediverse chick wrote me a DM, which really means Lemmy is growing!
- It is showing that there's a lot of work to be done to deal with the spam issue. It's basically relying on every individual instance admin to moderate their stuff and defederate from other instances that drop the ball. If Lemmy gets big enough for spammers to really try to attack it, the admins will quickly get overwhelmed.
  
  This is from a Kbin/Mbin viewpoint, but from the very start a year or so ago spam was incredibly bad, usually porn. It was common to daily add more to the filter to see other postings. Then one day it got a lot better, either through a version update or better moderation control. I was even able to clear the old filters and not be flooded anymore. These pfishing attempts from Nicole and a few other names before her are the first ones I've seen in a long time. I just wish I could delete them from my PMs, for some reason that option isn't present at all.

Whoever hacked this poor fellow's webcam seems to have captured a much better photo to use in their scams.

Beh it's the NSA fishing for incels
- They must have more incels then they know what to do with at this point. Must be the FBI.
  
  The FBI is literally run by incels.
  Must be the CIA.

Has anyone gone to her other links? Matrix, discord, etc?
- Friendica has an address of a grocery store outside of Toronto that she supposedly works at.
  Would be funny to call and ask for her.
  
  867-5309 probably
- I tried the Matrix, it didn't seem to exist :/ Then I tried Frendica, and found out that my ISP blocked the main Frendica instance. I'm too lazy to use Tor and wait for the slower bandwith to load Frendica, or to find out other Frendica instances and search from there.
  
  I'm not on Matrix but it appears there are 18 people on the server.

Does anyone know if the image is AI or if someone's pics have been stolen?
- Probably the latter; the person, background, and outfit (when they didn't change it) look too consistent between images for it to be AI.

My heart yearns for Nicole.
- No. Nicole and I have pledged our hearts to each other. If you dare make a move, we'll need to throw hands.
- 4th picture unlocked!

Lol good job, op. Sorry, I almost banned you thinking you were "her" again, trying to circumvent their own ban.
- The day Nicole moves from DMs to posts is the day we all are in danger.
  
  she's too proud for that

Stop bullying my best friend ok
- well as her best friend you should know that she's my girlfriend.

Ooh they've updated the friendica url - new urls to add to the block list!
- Man, why do you have to be so mean to the Fediverse Chick :(
  
  I thought I was unique, I was the one. It was true love, man. To find out about this betrayal, breaks my heart.

- Why have you been messaging my girlfriend?

Off topic but what's the name of the app you are using for Lemmy?
- I'm pretty sure that's Thunder. I haven't tried it myself though.
- I'm using Thunder. I switched to it from Voyager. I'd say Voyager is stable, but boring. Thunder, on the other hand, has more bugs, but is also more customizable and ultimately looks better.

Yess, I finally got her with the updated outfit

I think I found Nicole. Maybe she plans to play a doctor on TV?

Has anyone gone into the chat room yet?
- I tried the Matrix, it didn't seem to exist :/ Then I tried Frendica, and found out that my ISP blocked the main Frendica instance.
  
  The matrix is trying to stop you from being happy