Eugen RochkoMay 4, 2023
We're aware of the spam attack hitting mastodon.social right now and our full moderation and DevOps teams are on the case mitigating any way we can (incl. switching to approval-mode registrations)
Show threadEugen RochkoMay 4, 2023
All of the spam accounts have been suspended, reports queue cleared, IPs and e-mail domains used in the spam wave banned. We're continuing to monitor the situation and analyzing the pattern.
Show threadgh0sti May 4, 2023
@Gargron what if you limited supported email accounts to only popular ones? I’m wondering if that would help.
Show threadMark Shane Hayden

@gh0sti that would be a bad idea. If anything the opposite should be done. Literally all (I really mean literally---every single one) of the spammer signup attempts I have ever had to my instance in 6 years has been from a gmail, yahoo or outlook address.

@Gargron

May 4, 2023 at 4:32pmWeb