Switchy leatherman into bad puns, thick boys, and distributed systems. Purveyor of fine jockstrap selfies. Woof.group admin.
Jim Starkey: "Of interest only to third-rate academics a few papers short of a tenure package."
Reddit: "would never ever ever hire this degenerate holy shit"
Peter Watts: "The most innovative fanfic I've ever read."
| Blog | https://aphyr.com |
| Leather Blog | https://blog.woof.group/aphyr |
| Work | https://jepsen.io |
| Pronouns | He/Him |
This is my best coat yet, and it proudly highlights one (1) Freddie hair.
Seriously, it doesn't seem to matter how many tests I do, every time I do a coat of varnish it does something new and awful. Surprise! You thought you resealed the can but now there's a skin inside! Surprise! You poured wrong and now there are ten thousand bubbles in the cup. Surprise! Your tipping technique was *slightly* uneven and now there's a huge ridge. Surprise! Ripples for no clear reason. Surprise! White spots!
To follow up on this: you can call Market Research Future at +1 (855) 661-4441, or +44 1720 412 167. I've just checked with them again: the person I reached was unaware of their ongoing spam campaign. You can also email info@marketresearchfuture.com to ask that they stop.
I've also started collecting IP addresses of the bots, which I've added to the post. For other admins, you can look up the IPs of the bots on your servers and reach out to their DNS abuse contact.
Spammers have been programmatically creating accounts on Mastodon instances for years. Sometimes they post once and never again, sometimes they post on a schedule. Sometimes they never post, like a waiting botnet.
As Mastodon's anti-spam solutions are effectively nonexistent, most instances in our network require manual approval of new accounts. Up until recently, it was easy to spot a spammer; their join reasons were generic.
ChatGPT spammers have now arrived.
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