There is a huge bot attack in progress on Mastodon.

The new profiles are all named the same way, they have no profile picture, and they all follow exactly 39 other accounts.

I know how much my follower count normally grows, but throughout the last week, my follower count has risen at least twice as fast.

@Gargron do you have a way of deleting all these generated accounts in bulk? I estimate there are hundreds among my latest followers.

@randahl @Gargron It's been quite a bot-week.
Also a lot of "fediverse chick" spam.
Although this "fediverse chick" follows nobody, hasn't tooted, and has no followers, which is kind of a give-away.
@firesphere @randahl @Gargron this has even led to the foundation of the #antichickbot club  😆
https://mastodon.au/@Heliograph/114112592510185368
Heliograph (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @[email protected] #antiChickBot club it is!!! :akko_fistup: :blobcat_smilehappyeyes: @[email protected] @[email protected]

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