Mastodon has a serious spam problem which challenges my use of this platform. Every day a person is creating new spam accounts to pollute the replies to my posts with Kremlin propaganda. Then when I block these accounts, the person creates new accounts and […] [Original post on mastodon.social] - ThreadSky

randahl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy • 1 day ago

Mastodon has a serious spam problem which challenges my use of this platform.

Every day a person is creating new spam accounts to pollute the replies to my posts with Kremlin propaganda. Then when I block these accounts, the person creates new accounts and […] https://mastodon.social/@randahl/114098493778742989

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Gargron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@randahl @renchap You can filter out notifications from accounts created less than 30 days ago. Check the gear menu on the notifications page in the web app or official mobile apps.

EvilCartyen.mstdn.dk.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@Gargron @randahl @renchap

While that is a short-term solution, the rest of us will still see these comments and they have the potential to derail conversation or scare people off.

I hope it's possible to implement some sort of check on account behavior, maybe auto-flagging them for admins […]

osma.fishpool.org•1 day ago

Yep. People must have the sovereignty over their own posts and their replies. There is absolutely no reason for Mastodon to simply accept a spammer's reply and not allow the OP to delete it from their replies. Yeah I understand federation means the spam may still reside somewhere else in the […]

lordmatt.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@Gargron @randahl @renchap There's a whole bunch of cool controls there. Nice - I didn't know that existed.

randahl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@Gargron thank you. I have now set it to "filter".

I really wish, Mastodon took advantage of their pattern of following the same political accounts, because I do not think this is normal behavior.

I reckon, normal accounts discover accounts to follow organically. But this spammer creates his […]

HumainVirtuel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@randahl @Gargron @renchap I can imagine that this Kremlin propaganda is repeated on X freely and on Fox news so everyone who still didn't get that they are being lied to are being nudged in Kremlin's fake version of reality.

taatm.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@randahl @Gargron @renchap
Same. Mastodon is now big enough to attract effort to destabilise it and the people on it.

A plan is needed.

gvenema.fairmove.net.ap.brid.gy•20 hours ago

@randahl @Gargron @renchap

If you want I can show some Python code to automate things. It would involve making an application in your account, denoting the access code, and have some computer to run python.

schmaker.schmaker.eu.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@Gargron @renchap @randahl Now imagine you can also get hit by shitposters like I managed to yesterday 😁

Over 400 comments about "niggers", nazi shit, "die scumbag" and so on. Unable to moderate it at all. My instance has now purge queued, but it takes ages...

https://schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-6667-c378-3987-912357166521

shiri.bailem.me•1 day ago

@randahl @Gargron @renchap something to consider is checking out another server with a stricter blocklist or importing a personal blocklist.

randahl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@Gargron @renchap If Mastodon had a feature where I could close my account to newly created spam accounts with less than 100 followers, these serial spammers could not continue.

stitzl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@randahl The number of followers is a bad metric in my eyes (57 followers after several years here, as I don't create a lot of engagement). If you can create 1 bot, it's as simple to create 100 or 1000 and let them follow each other.

gabriel.mastodon.samfira.com.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@randahl @Gargron @renchap I have fewer than 100 followers (I have the charisma of a wet sock). So I would not be able to follow you. Also, bots can insta-follow each other and that won't work.

But filtering new accounts sounds better.

Linkshaender.bildung.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@gabriel you have a profile picture and a bio and your account has not been created yesterday. I also wouldn’t lock following, but replying. If I could set conditions like „needs profile picture, is older than 90 days and has written N posts that were not replies“, IMHO that would lock out over […]

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