As noted by security researcher Will Dormann, some posts on X purport to lead to a legitimate website, but actually redirect somewhere else. In Dormann’s example, an advertisement posted by a verified X user claims to lead to forbes.com. When Dormann clicks the link, however, it takes him to a different link to open a Telegram channel that is, “helping individuals earn maximum profit in the crypto market,” he said. In short, the “Forbes” link leads to crypto spam
If anyone thinks MAGA isn’t alive and well on lemmy, note that this comment was downvoted.
I don’t think anyone is particularly surprised that there are chuds wandering into Lemmy on occasion.