I've received some follow requests overnight that seem to be #disinfo or #Troll accounts. (I've got no hard evidence, just experience from the birdsite. Profile pics were generric or slightly sexy, no posts, no profile info.)
I don't think we can prevent these types of accounts, BUT we can limit their damage by not amplfying them. Learn their tricks and their ways, stop the spread.
@jimv you can also report them and we can block them from our instance. The "MastodonBot" account is one that was reported to us and we've blocked.
Thanks for bringing attention to these!
@jimv @josh no worries! The report button works to go to us even if you're unsure, you get a text box where you can say that. There's a "forward to home instance" box that you can uncheck if you're unsure or just want to be more conservative (the report is anonymized when sent to remote instances, just identifies us as the source instance, not a source user)
And yes you can always DM me, @josh and @crs too. The report button just makes it a little easier for us. 😀
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