I've had 20 sign ups to my Mastodon server in the past 48 hours, and 100% of them have been scammers, phishers and SEO spammers.
I make an effort to go in and suspend the accounts, nobody ever protests the suspension.
The fediverse is at a crossroads, the user base is dwindling and the new users are mostly just SEO spam accounts.
I tried bluesky and this one. I have stayed here because I can control what I want to see a lot more. I don’t need a stream full of anxiety, catastrophe and news, I like a little bit of connection on an otherwise quite lonely planet and the pacing here is friendly. Maybe because of all the work the mods put in in which case I’m grateful.
Kevin Beaumont
Aethon