Post by @ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org

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Screenshot of the administration panel, showing a short extract of accounts denied access to the instance, almost all being named 'usr_XXXXX'.
Screenshot of the administration panel, showing a short extract of accounts denied access to the instance, almost all being named 'usr_XXXXX'.

Another attack on SDF, with hundreds of fake gmail accounts called 'usr_xxxxx', fortunately all coming from the same IP address and using the exact same reason for joining ("I am a developer interested in distributed system, etc").

#MastodonModeration

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A long list of users applying for an account on SDF, all of them have a name in the form of usr_xxxxx and the exact same reason for joining. All of them were denied.
A long list of users applying for an account on SDF, all of them have a name in the form of usr_xxxxx and the exact same reason for joining. All of them were denied.

That freaking SoB is still going strong by the way.

These days, my moderation job is mostly refusing sign-up to 'someone' who thinks they are very clever.

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Ah yes, we also have the return of the 'Automated Deliverability Probe' thingie.

SPLONK

(That was the sweet sweet sound of yet another rejection)

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