Oh wow. Not the funniest 15 minutes I have spent.
Open report, scroll down, click on "Suspend". Repeat.
Some people need to do serious filtering on their user list.
Well, at least it's bitcoin spamola, not neo-nazis. 😩
I know, I just KNOW, that somebody, somewhere at mastodon.social is currently working on a script to go through all users and delete everyone named "Mastodon".
At least, that's what I would do.
I think that script is running on mastodon.social... 😂
At least, the number of reports is way way down for the past 5 minutes.
[And just before I post this, another report drops]
Man, we should have pooled all those 0.0x bitcoins and donate the proceedings to SDF!! 🤦♂️
And a very hearty F* YOU to Cloudflare.
Seriously, the worst dregs of the Internet hide behind Cloudflare.
I think the current issues with spammers from mastodon.social highlight a couple of problems:
1. You have to screen your users before they post and keep an eye on the creation of multiple accounts with similar profiles.
2. We may have an issue with people mining the Fediverse for data - I suspect there are not enough tools to protect users from bad actors.
3. Decentralization is good - concentrating a majority of users on a single instance means painting a big target on that server. [1/x]
Now, to be fair to mastodon.social we also have a spammer issue at SDF - but the difference is we try to keep an eye on new accounts and act to ban them pre-emptively if they clearly intend to enroll to spam.
On the other hand, the more the Fediverse will grow and the more these issues will become pressing. Maybe now is the time to start putting together solutions that are more robust and much, much more protective of all users.
Boost if you agree - I welcome any and all input on this. [2/2]
I agree fully, with all this action, and pre-emptive action, we are learning and developing our knowledge and understanding, so we can work really well together to develop solutions, one size won't fit all so we can develop a range of solutions that will work in different situations.
