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 threadDenis BuckleyMar 29, 2023
@aral
I don't know how to do this...
Show threadAral Balkan
@wellingtonrock Hey Denis, do you run your own Mastodon server? If not, just let your admin know. (Based on responses here, many servers already have them blocked.)
Mar 29, 2023 at 7:23pmWeb
Show threadMaryPotApr 3, 2023

@aral @wellingtonrock

I haven't seen my admin replying to any posts regarding this and he never replies or even stars messages I tag him in.

So I want to block the domain for my account, at least.

I managed to do it for rubber.social, but I can't find an account to trigger the menu that lets me block the domain for brighteon.social.

Could it already be blocked by my instance? How can I find out what my instance has blocked?