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Aral Balkan Mar 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)

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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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jcypher

@aral I do *not* think we should be censoring conservatives. Smearing conservatives by name-calling "far-right misinformation/conspiracy" just shows you to be intolerant. Better not to block them, unless you also want to block sources of leftist information (or to use your language, far-left misinformation/conspiracy).

Besides, brighteon.social has tighter controls on who can join than infosec.exchange. Please provide proof for your assertion of bot infestation.

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Aral Balkan Mar 30, 2023

@jcypher I am intolerant of fascism, yes. The real question is, why aren’t you?

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Jeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱Mar 31, 2023

@jcypher @aral Mike Adams was still a misinformation/conspiracy nut back when he was only known for Natural News and most of the crap he posted fit more with left-wing propaganda than traditional right-wing.

If the description fits, it fits.

If batshit insane conspiracy-mongering is indeed to be considered mainstream “conservatism” now then perhaps they should clean their mess up instead of expecting the rest of us to pretend it is normal, rational discourse.