Nova(🤍 Nova) Everyone watch out! - the verification spam wave seems to be back. Assume that this will ramp up to how it was in 2025.
Admins: be ready to recieve reports and update your heuristics; also, be ready to rely only on content patterns (the bots could hijack accounts again, so the classic heuristics for finding spam bots will not work).
Users: if you get tagged in a post or reply saying that your account will be frozen or suspended unless you take action by clicking a link, please report it and verify with your admins before following the link. Following the link will get your account compromised.
#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #FediSpam #MastoSpam
Admins: be ready to recieve reports and update your heuristics; also, be ready to rely only on content patterns (the bots could hijack accounts again, so the classic heuristics for finding spam bots will not work).
Users: if you get tagged in a post or reply saying that your account will be frozen or suspended unless you take action by clicking a link, please report it and verify with your admins before following the link. Following the link will get your account compromised.
#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #FediSpam #MastoSpam