Post AVKyJmTFKmoT6AAJBw by jvh@twit.social
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 (DIR) Post #AVKY66EMTO41WK1DYO by leo@twit.social
       2023-05-05T02:14:06Z
       
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       Today I received an unprecedented 123 reports from twit.social users who had been targeted by crypto spam. The spam accounts are were from mastodon.social. I've suspended all the spammers that you reported - thank you! - but now we're going to have to keep an eye on mastodon.social. I know it's the default Masto instance, but it's up to them to prevent the mass creation of spamming accounts.Otherwise I may have to block the instance.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKYFFYVAm4l2ynoAK by Spaulding@mastodon.social
       2023-05-05T02:15:47Z
       
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       @leo https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/110310670042459716
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKYNi8mmGS21FoBTE by kevinlovestech@mstdn.ca
       2023-05-05T02:17:17Z
       
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       @leo They're clearly aware of the problem and working to fix it, and realize the consequences of not doing that, but I hear you, and it needed to be said.Thank you. 👍​
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKZciGIi15ch22ayu by drdewaynelehman@twit.social
       2023-05-05T02:31:14Z
       
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       @leo Good modding!It's why I miss the old cooling off period of forums for new users.  They had to reply to a few people and get some upvotes from reputable people before starting their own threads.Then again, as always, I look at modding from two angles: old forums of slowly earning respect, and old IRC wild-west of 1 strike and an op jumps out with the banhammer, so... I guess I'm not nuanced enough for the current age.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKZnUOuaItKtBCu92 by turnitoff_onagain@twit.social
       2023-05-05T02:33:10Z
       
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       @leo if you do that than @mikahsargent will be blocked and need to create a twit.social account
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKbC1NfiWgm4wtAYq by catilden@twit.social
       2023-05-05T02:48:49Z
       
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       @leo I fully support this! You do what you have to do
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKbajg4frhGPfHUwK by freakwater@twit.social
       2023-05-05T02:53:17Z
       
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       @leo block them.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKbcQpFjiQaWXNoK8 by mikahsargent@mastodon.social
       2023-05-05T02:36:54Z
       
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       @turnitoff_onagain @leo That’s OK — I also exist as @mikah.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKbcRiYQ6fDI3FyWO by leo@twit.social
       2023-05-05T02:53:37Z
       
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       @mikahsargent @turnitoff_onagain @mikah I would never block you!Hey, did you ever remember the name of that city planning movie you recommended last week?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKcNv2VDiIdqADxho by markramseydotcom@mastodon.social
       2023-05-05T03:02:08Z
       
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       @leo I received spam from a crypto scammer this morning 😞 my first experience on Mastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKctt8jokxPDSNvay by leo@twit.social
       2023-05-05T03:07:57Z
       
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       @markramseydotcom Yeah there was an onslaught from mastodon.social. I suspended every account reported to me and it looks like mastodon.social deleted them all, but please continue to let me know if you get spammed. We need to be very proactive on this.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKeCBWyHOBLQA0ZUG by garretble@mastodon.social
       2023-05-05T03:22:28Z
       
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       @leo It sucks, but at the same time I feel a little proud our little Masto has grown up so much to attract the spammers. Aww.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKjnGT7NoJTDkhqZE by mrhamel@mastodon.social
       2023-05-05T04:25:12Z
       
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       @leo > Otherwise I may have to block the instance.That sound as stupid as blocking Google and Microsoft for email. The reason why you don't do that for email is because of your email provider (Fastmail) and Mailroute (presuming you're still using that) apply filters on a per message basis.You would also have a hard time explaining to others why TWiT isn't visible on a big federation, and why they cannot find you, especially when you're the center of attention at TWiT.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKn8tjAuj4IvMDwJc by jfalava@mas.to
       2023-05-05T05:02:41Z
       
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       @leo you have the balls others are lacking
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKoBUGG9adilSUtmK by admin@4bear.com
       2023-05-05T05:14:23Z
       
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       @leo Ditto for our instance. On your last episode of TWIT you mentioned that you screen new accounts. I do the same. It’s a little extra work, but helps keep the bots and spammers away. It ain’t perfect, but it’s better than a wide-open instance!
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKosB5pIS5xlcyRVo by danvanmoll@twit.social
       2023-05-05T05:22:07Z
       
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       @leo I was one of the spam recipients - for the first time on Mastodon. I couldn’t send the report due to an error message (“instance doesn’t exist”). I tried both - reporting it just to twit.social and additionally to an mastodon.social admin. However blocking mastodon.social completely would be a twit-dealbreaker for me since too many of my friends are over there. Would be handy to be able to block 0-follower direct messages from people you don’t follow.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKwtYfruGjOpI09RI by abdulla77@twit.social
       2023-05-05T06:51:58Z
       
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       @leo must be challenging.. I’ve had a few of these spam messages, reported every one of them. If there’s anything else we can do, let us know. Thanks for keeping/managing this instance.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKyJmTFKmoT6AAJBw by jvh@twit.social
       2023-05-05T07:07:50Z
       
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       @leo Thank you for your efforts! Really appreciate it, and that you run this instance in the first place!
       
 (DIR) Post #AVL4pDZ7FKnLpiHgW0 by admadlad@twit.social
       2023-05-05T08:20:50Z
       
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       @leo they’re here 😭
       
 (DIR) Post #AVLD6yPD9EMpf5d2si by vanitalo@mstdn.social
       2023-05-05T09:53:42Z
       
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       @leo I just filter out everything with crypto. It’s the biggest scam in modern history! 🤣
       
 (DIR) Post #AVLHzCEoKrq812sK9o by Zwergin@twit.social
       2023-05-05T10:48:17Z
       
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       @leo they did announce yesterday they were aware and were actively working to stop the deliberate spam bot attack against their server. They noted they were temporarily activating account approval while working on this. Many instances were choosing to block them temporarily due to the massive spam attack campaign.  Not seen where things stand for them yet.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVLRVzer1lz08xlpdA by davidhale@twit.social
       2023-05-05T12:35:00Z
       
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       @leo Thank you Leo.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVOLxzKvncIr0LIUAS by mayor@smugglersbbs.com
       2023-05-06T22:17:02Z
       
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       @leo @mikahsargent @turnitoff_onagain @mikah yes.  I need to know what the name of this movie is! 🤓🧐
       
 (DIR) Post #AVYKiJvjnBHGQyMnOS by IanJHill@twit.social
       2023-05-11T17:50:07Z
       
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       @leoThat would be unfortunate but I get why you may need to do that.Since it is the default server and collects most of the donations from users they need to put some investment into moderation.