Mastodon [and the Fediverse generally] Has A Serious SPAM Problem | Brodie Robertson - eviltoast
Mastodon Has A Serious SPAM Problem
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Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of thi...

Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of things and the story behind it is absolutely wild.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    6·
    9 months ago

    The “serious spam problem” is a dispute between two groups of teenage shitheads in Japan, and if anything a wake-up call to improve anti-spam tooling before Russian cybercrime and/or Florida con artists wake up to the fediverse. It’s a shot over the bow, but less serious than that will inevitably follow.

    • Ascrod@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Even more, the argument and the spam coordination originated on Discord, who did nothing to moderate it despite multiple reports.