@crinstamcamp

"Isn't the whole point of the fediverse to eliminate that type of thing?

If they have gotten so big that they can't handle their shit, that's 100% on them, not everyone else."

This has nothing to do with the "fediverse"

This has entirely to do with @Gargron and @Mastodon complete and utter inability to detect, control, and eliminate "verification" spam account activity on their own flagship instance

I"ve reported over 100 accounts at least in the last two days -- although I didn't think I'd really need to keep accurate count

The most recent reports were for activity only two hours old

I'm about two heartbeats away from #DomainBlocking #MastodondotSocial at large and just being rid of their incompetence

cc @mike

@hexamanganite

When will #Pixelfed posters start editing their #Hashtag #Spam to a conventional #Mastodon format?

I'm about two heartbeats away from just wholesale #DomainBlocking @pixelfed dot Social

Why does one post get to consume so much of my finite screen space?

#nature #naturephotography #photography #photo #plants #berries #winter #bokeh #color #red #affoltern #zurich #switzerland #fujifilm #fujixseries #xt5 #lightroom #pixelfed #manganite

@Alpat56

"Je viens de faire mon #eXit L’exode de X est massif ! Ne perdez pas un seul de vos followers. Grâce à #HelloQuitX j’ai inscrit 553 nouveaux passagers pour un voyage vers #BlueSky & #Mastodon. Embarquez vous aussi et retrouvez automatiquement vos communautés le #20Janvier"

Anyone have any idea what it is with @admin @ piaille.fr ?

That domain seems to be about the only source for the constant stream of what I call "HelloQuitX" spam

All virtually-identical in wording, pushing the same message:

"I just did my #eXit X's exodus is massive! Don't lose a single one of your followers. Thanks to #HelloQuitX I've signed up 553 new passengers for a trip to #BlueSky & #Mastodon."

I suppose getting off X is a fine idea but I become deeply suspicious when large numbers of identically-worded spam push one method to do so - all from one #Fediverse instance:

@piaille.fr

What personal information do people have to give up to use this service?

*That* is always the unanswered question

OK: to look at the web site you have to give up your Twitter login, your Mastodon login, and your Bluesky login

What's not to love?

I #Mute and #Block all of it, and I'm about two heartbeats away from #DomainBlocking the entire piaille dot fr domain

@ErikJonker

Given the amount of un-CWed hardcore full-contact homosexual pornography

and

the follows I get from bright-eyed "just wanna chat?" party girls

and

the amount of straight-up marketing spam posts I receive daily from @Mastodon I'm about two heartbeats away from #DomainBlocking the entire goddamn trash heap

It's too big, and it's out of control

Meanwhile our boy #Gargron is busy designing another line of plushies

#Mastodon #Finances #Costs

cc @Gargron

@setsly

Let me just copy-paste my post from yesterday:

"Personally, I'm about 90% there to #DomainBlocking @Mastodon

Little good seems to come from that instance, and *all* the dreck and trash I see *does*"

@bishop

Personally, I'm about 90% there to #DomainBlocking @Mastodon

Little good seems to come from that instance, and *all* the dreck and trash I see *does*