Chris TrottierMar 29, 2023

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

Mastodon Daily Active Users (@[email protected])

Daily Top User Growth dev.brighteon.social: +46862 mastodon.social: +3986 kids.0px.io: +275 mstdn.jp: +222 mstdn.social: +206 mastodon.world: +203 mastodon.cloud: +159 mastodon.online: +149 masto.es: +111 mas.to: +105 data collected from: https://instances.social/

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Show threadBruce Halperin Mar 29, 2023
@atomicpoet Brighteon is run by Mike Adams, a far-right antivaxxer conspiracy theorist. He was previously banned by Facebook for using overseas bot farms to spread misinformation. It also provides a platform to other notable far-right and antivaxxer conspiracy theorists such as Clay Clark, Bryan Ardis, and Ann Vandersteel, and is rife with election denialist, anti-LGBT, and fascist propaganda. I agree that admins should #Fediblock it. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/brighteon/
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@jorijn for information
Mar 30, 2023 at 1:55amWeb