blocked at least 10 new emoji laden reposters in the last week... I still dont get why bots feel the need to use so many emojis when reposting news. I get why they are here, posting links to ad-laden platforms, but the over-use of emojis? At least it makes it super easy to identify and block.
@kajer ...this feels like you are just trying to bait us  .
@kajer sigh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    :h:                                                                       :neocat_flopw:                                                                                                                                                                                    :neodog_comfy_w:
@kajer ...I have never seen a post load this slow, lmao, sorry Jerry!!!

@nyanbinary

ublock rules to the rescue!!!

||media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/custom_emojis/*

lol ♥️

@kajer noooooooo, thats a critical domain 
@nyanbinary @kajer OMG i thought it was just unregistered emoji, then it all loaded after a full 60 seconds. thats amazing, but also why
@bosh lacking medication
@nyanbinary @kajer the post and your profile pic are still blank for me after like 3 minutes of waiting 😂

@phillip @nyanbinary

I wonder if we are hitting a WAF rate limit now?

:trollface: 

@kajer @nyanbinary holy shit it just loaded. My screen looks like an ad for an AI-generated gambling app
@nyanbinary @kajer Is it possible to use these? How would I do that?
@morgainebrigid I believe one can only select emojis from ones home instance? Soooo... gotta bully your instances admins into adding them, as one should