Andrew LeaheyMay 14, 2023

I think it may be time to start discussing how much longer we can onesie-twosie deal with spam from mastodon.social.

#lawfedi and #lawyer or #legal adjacent folks that haven't hopped to a smaller instance and are still on the main one, please consider making a move. We've had more spam reports today than in the last 6 months combined.

It doesn't have to be to https://esq.social if you don't want to, but we'd of course be happy to have you.

@law #mastoadmin

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Show threadAndrew LeaheyMay 14, 2023

@law

Just to be clear, if we can avoid defederating from mastodon.social by any stretch we absolutely will. It is the biggest player by a large margin.

That said, the possibility of it happening at some point in the future is certainly more likely today than it was yesterday.

#lawfedi

Show threadAnnemarie BridyMay 14, 2023
@andrew @law I’d like to know more about what you mean by spam in this case. There’s a cost to the ecosystem that comes from loose talk of defederating in general—and esp. the largest instance.
Show threadAndrew Leahey

@AnnemarieBridy @law

For sure, and like I said I really don't want to have to even explore it. We haven't had to to this point, as in the past it was handled quickly by the admins.

With mastodon.social, every week or two there is an influx of obvious bot accounts from the main instance pushing Dogecoin scams.

May 14, 2023 at 9:04pmWeb