Post AwYfbCsaTioquYzN1k by stefan@gardenstate.social
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 (DIR) Post #AwY6svclsGrQDEJ1cW by staff@mastodon.social
       2025-07-27T00:04:36Z
       
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       Please report any account that claims that you need to verify your #Mastodon account to continue using it. It is a scam. Don't click the links. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the joinmastodon.org domain.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwY6swipnDIxcK9Ni4 by eriner@noauthority.social
       2025-07-27T05:41:57Z
       
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       @staff hello saar staff. I am calling because you need to verify your account to continue using. You might think this is joke. No saar, this is very important you verify account to continue using. Please do the needful and verify account.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwY6szPRnkZzx46RPM by staff@mastodon.social
       2025-07-27T00:05:38Z
       
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       We're as frustrated as everyone else with these phishing attacks. mastodon.social had new sign-ups in approval mode this week to limit the impact, but offenders targeted other instances and compromised existing accounts. We take the problem very seriously; we're suspending and blocking as quickly as possible, as well as actively working on countermeasures.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwYfbCsaTioquYzN1k by stefan@gardenstate.social
       2025-07-27T00:06:52Z
       
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       @staff I wish you could force new accounts in limited mode. So folks could sign up but would signups need approval to start messaging others.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwYfbE0QI4gIP9f8sa by stux@mstdn.social
       2025-07-27T12:10:51Z
       
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       @stefan @staff Oh thats a nice one!Or maaaybe some sort of REGEX filter on signup? Since they seem to use a pattern maybe
       
 (DIR) Post #AwZGlwo2HAICY9qQam by phnt@fluffytail.org
       2025-07-27T19:07:25.945308Z
       
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       @staff You won't see this, because mastosoc is deactivation-happy with accounts, but it's again time to remind the Mastodon developers, that perhaps rejecting posts based on keyword rules might be a good idea.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwaKrWKEVhdyULVB32 by Zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith
       2025-07-28T07:27:37.069888Z
       
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       @staff lol, lmao
       
 (DIR) Post #AwcVbgTQV0Zr8pNByK by ZySoua@mastodon.ml
       2025-07-29T08:37:48Z
       
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       @staff IMHO if many other instances had a pre-registration check (closed/pre-moderated registration) this wouldn't be a problem. And I do understand that a lot of servers don't have people resources/time/or a completely abandoned by their creators. This is exact reason why spam spreads in Mastodon so easily.