Randahl FinkMar 10, 2025

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.

Show threadtudsamfaMar 10, 2025
Can someone explain the "named the same way" to me? I see no pattern.
Show threadArthur van der HargMar 10, 2025
@tudsamfa They’re all from mastodon.social. That has, unfortunately, become one of the first things I check when I encounter abrasive or spammy accounts. Very low threshold for signing up, apparently. I no longer assume good faith error with mastodon.social accounts that act weird.
Show threadHill403
@ArtHarg @tudsamfa
When I dropped Twitter I signed up on Mastodon social. Like you said; it was the easiest to sign up on. Should I continue or switch to a different one?
Mar 10, 2025 at 10:09pmMoshidon
Show threadArthur van der HargMar 10, 2025
@stevehill @tudsamfa I guess you’ll be OK so long as you don’t act weird :-) But no, seriously, the Fediverse is about finding a place that feels like “home” for some part of your personality and going out to meet the world from there. The Fediverse isn’t about the platform, it is about people and community.