crossmrJun 22, 2023

How do we get an instance removed?

It looks like a new spamming tactic will be to set up your own instance and then just mass spam to other instances from there. Case in point, **vive.im** I've been noticing spam in one magazine from a user of this. I banned them, but they can still post for some reason. Decided to visit the instance and it looks like some... #kbinMeta

https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/74101

How do we get an instance removed? - /kbin meta - kbin.social

It looks like a new spamming tactic will be to set up your own instance and then just mass spam to other instances from there. Case in point, **vive.im** I've been noticing spam in one magazine from a user of this. I banned them, but they can still post for some reason. Decided to visit the instance and it looks like some...

Show threadSirNukeJun 22, 2023
Seems like manually approving new instances before they are allowed to push content to Kbin would be a good idea. Shouldn't gatekeep but blindly accepting them means playing an endless game of whack-a-mole.
Show threadduringoverflowJun 22, 2023
i don't agree. I think it is important to maintain a blacklist instead of a whitelist where people would then submit what they need to add which will then will need to be approved etc. It will decrease the federated experience.
Show threadcrossmrJun 22, 2023
That only works if you have a group of responsive admins who can watch that for abuse. It really hasn't taken long for someone to figure out how to abuse that for spam.
Show threadBooksJun 22, 2023
Can you share an example of an instance that is linked to kbin.social that has been spammy? I'm an example based learner, it will help me wrap my head around it.
Show threadcrossmr
vive.im as I said in the initial post. I think it's a single purpose instance made by that user just to spam his blog
Jun 22, 2023 at 8:42pmWeb