Yeah, I just reported it to Mastodon dot Social, which will probably be a complete waste of time
My instance admins/mods are usually pretty on top of this sort of thing
cc @moderators
re: @Sportsbots.xyx
"This seems like a really bad idea. This sportsbots.xyz instance is making a new fediverse account for every tweet that it mirrors over from X."
We took a closer look at this account and domain, and after some discussion, we blocked the subdomain ext.sportsbots.xyz, which is the origin of the auto-generated accounts that cross-post from elsewhere.
The reported account itself appears not to be doing anything that violates our policies, and some of our users do follow them. That said, we definitely understand the annoyance, and will keep an eye on the account.
Thanks for your report!
FinchHaven sfba
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