spam account, followed me likely just to get attention
michealmart on c.im
This is not the first spam account I've seen on c.im lately and they do not have any sort of screening for new accounts
I am going to report and in my experience c.im will likely handle this, but I wanted to bring this to the attention of #fediblock because this is the eventual consequence of unmoderated signups
@deilann The problem is that proactive screening of signups doesn't really work and demaning it would most likely just be weaoinized to demand all social networks to instate "ID Verification" instead...
Which is a terrible idea for more reasons than it could 'fix'...
I'd only thing that works is #moderation and enforcement of rules...
Personally, I'd rather deny-list all #Freemailers and #eMail from #Domains that have #WHOIS #privacy or are known for #Spamming instead.
instances that merely ask: "why this instance" never seem to have the same issue with spam accounts
"why us" isn't the same as ID verification
@kkarhan It's easy to say it doesn't work, but whenever an instance has had to be limited due to a sudden surge in bot accounts it's not been one of the instances that requires you to answer why you want to join that instance.
it's always a general purpose instance with open signups
deilann v -0.2.1. 
Kevin Karhan 