Hello fellow leftists,
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Hello fellow leftists,
We've recently had quite a lot of spambots on the instance.
For that reason, we've turned on approval mode for signups. This means that when people want to create a new account, they have to write a short message about why they want an account on radikal.social. The admin team then reads the requests and manually approves or rejects each one.
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This should reduce the amount of spam drastically. However, it could also deter some people from joining, so we're currently planning on making it only temporary.
As a user on radikal.social, what are your thoughts on this ?
How have you experienced the spambots ?
Do you have any proposals other than manual approval ?
We look forward to hearing from you
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S snue@radikal.social shared this topic
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This should reduce the amount of spam drastically. However, it could also deter some people from joining, so we're currently planning on making it only temporary.
As a user on radikal.social, what are your thoughts on this ?
How have you experienced the spambots ?
Do you have any proposals other than manual approval ?
We look forward to hearing from you
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@radikal saw the bots! have also seen posts by other instance admins and mastodon nerds warning of the spambot wave and telling people to do exactly what youve just done. think youre right that it will slow down signups. reckon it's probably preferable to letting spam drive up churn and putting us at risk of ending up in spam blocklists. cool that youre on top of it!!
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This should reduce the amount of spam drastically. However, it could also deter some people from joining, so we're currently planning on making it only temporary.
As a user on radikal.social, what are your thoughts on this ?
How have you experienced the spambots ?
Do you have any proposals other than manual approval ?
We look forward to hearing from you
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@radikal I'm fine with approval mode, even if it becomes permanent. I realise it will add to admin chores, and could maybe help out with vetting/approvals if needed.
I've reported a few of the bots this week, they seemed pretty low effort, generated nonsense rather than more sophisticated attempts at "AI" engagement. But I support any effort to keep the Fediverse free of spam.
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@radikal saw the bots! have also seen posts by other instance admins and mastodon nerds warning of the spambot wave and telling people to do exactly what youve just done. think youre right that it will slow down signups. reckon it's probably preferable to letting spam drive up churn and putting us at risk of ending up in spam blocklists. cool that youre on top of it!!
Thanks for the reply
I don't get why people create nonsense spambots, but it is good to know that it's not just radikal.social that is under pressure
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@radikal I'm fine with approval mode, even if it becomes permanent. I realise it will add to admin chores, and could maybe help out with vetting/approvals if needed.
I've reported a few of the bots this week, they seemed pretty low effort, generated nonsense rather than more sophisticated attempts at "AI" engagement. But I support any effort to keep the Fediverse free of spam.
It has mainly been low effort nonsense spam this time and thanks for reporting some of them
It might come in handy with some help in vetting new accounts - I'll check in with the other admins and return
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It has mainly been low effort nonsense spam this time and thanks for reporting some of them
It might come in handy with some help in vetting new accounts - I'll check in with the other admins and return
@snue Anytime. TBH I weren't sure if the instance had more than one admin
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@snue Anytime. TBH I weren't sure if the instance had more than one admin
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We are four
And me
The list can also be found under "Contact Us" on the about page
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