Post B9JHkSaulQ1PPfWk4W by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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 (DIR) Post #B9JGGRuqcd9gfPybaa by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       when the gaza spambot follows you and makes itself known
       
 (DIR) Post #B9JGnTFWgWzIMKOWW0 by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @mulchmaxxing the ones that are @mention spamming?  many of them.  even if they are not, it is not an acceptable way of fundraising.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9JHBvkSNWVfhGWdCS by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       (to be clear, i do sympathize with the plight of gazans, but @mention spamming ain't it)
       
 (DIR) Post #B9JHJlAna2l9DPa15s by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       in other words,free palestinebut get the damn bots out of my mentions
       
 (DIR) Post #B9JHkSaulQ1PPfWk4W by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @TransTina @mulchmaxxing the gazaverified accounts generally aren't @mention spamming, and if they *are*, i do not care about their legitimacy: they should not be @mention spamming.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9JIASbLMQBexo7qXg by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @luxliquida @Elizafox precisely.  the whole thing stinks, and the original advocates were not @mention spamming people.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9JITs5Opi1xVORKuO by mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social
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       @ariadne This is why my account is folreq only. It was that and the other bots that appear on mastosoc every now and then.Some will probably find what I said really bad but I do it for keeping legit stats.The Gaza war is bad and I worry and feel awful for them but random following and spam mentions isn't how to run a fundraiser. (the latter hasn't occurred yet but it will soon as I approve more followers)I want people who like what I do to follow me rather than people follow for donations.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9K0XWKW3m3jAg3poG by iwein@mas.to
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       @ariadne @mulchmaxxing I haven't got it figured out entirely, but I'm sure that there exist non-bot accounts with (to me) indistinguishable behavior.Israel actively tries to silence Palestinian voices.I believe not silencing Palestinians in need, even if they break rules, is much more important than protecting myself from bots.Real scenario: A Palestinian account gets blocked, children go hungry. The victim creates a new account and sends everyone they have ever interacted with a dm. Copy pasted, but manually. I'd probably do that too before I let children starve .The stance: "free Palestine, but what can I do, yeah they're all bots", is not the conclusion we should take from this thread. And to be clear, I'm not accusing you of that. I'm here to close that door more explicitly. We must try harder, for example like @gazaverified