settimaAttention shoppers! Spam cleanup in isle 404. Please block and report amelia2ksd, thank you!
Just a note, the post I saw (a reply) contained rape-like porn pics.
IBBoardI've created a stripped-down template for hgweb so that I can still link to the latest version of files, but not any others 🙂
For example: https://dev.ibboard.co.uk/repos/other/Puppet/file/tip/modules/website/files/greatfirewallagainstchina.conf
#Mercurial #Apache2 #SpamBots #ScraperBots #SysAdminProblems
Wulfy—Speaker to the machinesOne of the #spambots on one of my #wordpress sites...
"...Hello! I'm at work surfing around your blog from my new iphone 4!..."
iPhone 4 was released in 2010.
This thing has been running unattended for 15 years ...
...I almost feel sad for it.
Karl Voit 
#LLM tech is about to kill anything where people are able to contribute:
The Future of #Comments is Lies, I Guess
https://aphyr.com/posts/388-the-future-of-comments-is-lies-i-guess
"I strongly suspect the only reason #Mastodon hasn’t been eaten alive by LLM #spambots is because we’re just not big enough to be lucrative. But those economics are shifting, and even obscure ecological niches can be worth filling."
Back to Web 1.0? 🤨😞
noodle timeHey, so, heads up, apparently these bot accounts with AI-generated PFPs exist now and it's best to block and report them
#spambots #spambot #bots #bot
#spambots #spambot #bots #bot
Mr Tech KingIrony alert: OpenAI's models fueled AkiraBot's sophisticated spam campaign targeting SMBs with bogus SEO deals. SentinelOne uncovered the scheme using GPT-4o-mini. OpenAI shut it down, but not before it hit thousands of sites. #AI #SpamBots #CyberSecurity
Daniel DvorkinI know I should just block #spambots and delete their comments, but sometimes I can’t resist.
Thomas Rigby
PhilAnyone else getting spam from various 'nicole' accounts on mastodon.acerbo.me?
I've gotten three, no response when I asked what they want and why they're messaging me.
I replied to the first one, and got no response.
Are we having an influx of spambots onto the fedi?
Alt-text: three identical messages from accounts named "nicole" with a random number appended, originating from the mastodon.acerbo.me instance. Light introduction and three suspicious links to social media.
#fediverse #bot #spam #spambots
I've gotten three, no response when I asked what they want and why they're messaging me.
I replied to the first one, and got no response.
Are we having an influx of spambots onto the fedi?
Alt-text: three identical messages from accounts named "nicole" with a random number appended, originating from the mastodon.acerbo.me instance. Light introduction and three suspicious links to social media.
#fediverse #bot #spam #spambots
Kevin Karhan 
Apparently https://mastodon.luanti.ru is a #Spamming instance.
Why else would there be such #Spambots:
I suspect this instance doesn't even limut account amounts per IP...
