Aral BalkanMar 29, 2023

Folks, please do block brighteon.social from your servers. Looks like a US far-right misinformation/conspiracy site and they’re apparently ramping up with tens of thousands of bot accounts. Best to nip this in the bud now.

If you don’t run your own #Mastodon or #fediverse server, please ask your server admin to do it for you by reporting them.

(See https://mastodon.ar.al/@atomicpoet@mastodon.social/110107329975325472)

#fediblock #brighteonSocial

Chris Trottier (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image A source of new Fediverse accounts is dev.brighteon.social. 46,862 were discovered during the past day. Brighteon is known for spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories all over Facebook and Twitter, and it looks like they’re trying their hand at the Fediverse now. I’ve looked at the accounts on that server, and the overwhelming majority look like bots. The goal seems to be spamming misinformation. I recommend putting brighteon.social on #Fediblock. https://botsin.space/@mastodon_daily_active_users/110107223841240128

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Show threadnev
@aral I would add: brighteon is a well-known bad actor and if your server doesn't already have it blocked, the admin should import a basic blocklist such as the ones available here: https://codeberg.org/nev/awesome-fediadmin/#user-content-moderation-blocking
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Show threadAdmin #FRLMar 30, 2023

@aral
Thanks, did a little research and I agree: #FediBlock

@nev luckily we haven't had much abuse at our instance.. as long as we can manage we'll manually block instances, I like "the human touch" ;)

PS: @differentieel thanks for the tip

Show threadnevMar 30, 2023

@admin @aral @differentieel It is always a good idea to check out each instance yourself to make sure it's block-worthy, but I *strongly* recommend blocking the absolute worst-of-the-worst, "10 out of 10 admins block these" servers. You can prevent harassment before it happens.

Being lax on preventative moderation is a good way to make your server less diverse.

Of course, if diversity and safety are not priorities for you, disregard this.

Show threadAdmin #FRLMar 31, 2023

@nev @aral @differentieel Most of them are on our "suspend list"

PS: I will disregard your last sentance..

Show threadnevMar 31, 2023
@admin @aral @differentieel yeah, that was bitchy of me, sorry
Show threadAdmin #FRLMar 31, 2023
@nev @aral @differentieel couldn’t resist to re-use the word ‘disregard’ ;)
(No hard feelings)