What’s up is the same thing that’s up with every other spam bot: making us play whac-a-mole.
Banned from our [Polish] instance. Sus.
I've blocked 5 different alt accounts already...
I think they have many users too.
That's the common picture. If you are lucky you can get the other ones too.
Oh! You’ve been collecting them haha
I have two of the common one and the rare with the blue pin. I heard that there is a third one, but people who have it, understandably, dosen't share it, so I don't know how it looks.
This is the one I got. I wonder why they use different photos sometimes
Holy fuck, the legendary third one. Congratulations on that.
I can't believe they posted it for free!!
I don't know, they send this message from different accounts as well. I might have banned two of those already on my instance.
(PS: this community is intended as support for people setting up Lemmy instances, not as general Lemmy support)
I'm running my instance if that's relevant! :)
Thanks. I banned them as well.
Sorry, didn't know!
Your point still stands true! I thought here was a good place to ask about spam. Where would be better in the future? :)
I don't know. Is there a community for coordinating moderation across instances?
I have banned multiple of those accounts for DM spam. Banned a new one just now.
I'm not sure this is a bot. I suspect it might be a real person who doesn’t realize how they're coming across. Initially, I thought it might be a strategy to get attention, but if that were the case, I’d be surprised by their persistence with a strategy that isn’t very effective.
I suppose it is kind of effective if we are making posts about them... Hmm...
I prefer not making too many assumptions other than to assume no malice. But of course the DM spam will not be tolerated.
I had never gotten one when I saw this post, then immediately got one after.
Nicole messages might be transmissible.
Now I just got another!
Me too, but it was the common one, what a bummer.
lol!
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