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I was seeing downvotes of hundreds of thousands and in some case even millions. But that's not the case when I log in from the standard Lemmy UI. (See left of picture) Also, tens of thousands of dollars are being solicited from the app (see right) Finally, some odd spam posts appear only via this app (middle right).

I don't know if this app is abandoned, but to the users: be warned. I've switched to alexandrite.app out of safety concerns.

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[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh man that was kind of shocking but funny. It shows @Xylight@lemdro.id is really commited to this. Hope the "Premium" thing doesn't give them ideas, though

[–] Xylight@lemdro.id 3 points 20 hours ago

If I unironically monetize photon in any other way than donations, shoot me.

[–] sevon@lemmy.kde.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is april 1st, you're safe.

[–] Jagget@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

It showed me 2.4 mil downvotes on this comment

[–] PirateFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You may want to take note of the date today, which may explain unusual behavior. :)

I see now. They definitely committed to the part!

[–] Xylight@lemdro.id 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the cat and their invaders are taking over Photon. i will fight back.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I will pray for your victory.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's rare to see an April Fools actually work, and the last one I recall that had some up in arms was the infamous Predictable posts are driving me insane

https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/88rc3v/the_predictable_threads_are_driving_me_insane/ - archive

We worked super hard on the above in the background and bravo @Xylight@lemdro.id - you just became GermainZ tier!

[–] Battle_Masker@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Has this been happening longer than the past 24 hours?