I asked why posts are tagged #lemmy on the Reddit thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1novsdt/least_social_is_out_of_alpha_and_looking_for_beta/
Seems to be similar to Cluball, which used federated content without federating back
- https://lemmy.zip/post/27909189
- Seems like federation stopped working for them a month ago: https://clubsall.com/c/all
It should be possible for Fediverse software to detect one-way federation, and put notices on them so they can be defederated
Indeed, let’s see how the project lead answers (they might be using scrapers instead of federation)