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The big wave of spams is over? Thank you FediAdmins for doing what you do!

#krita #ArtWithOpenSource #FediArt #MastoArt #spam

Colored drawing of Mastodon and Pleroma mascots with brooms after cleaning. They are happy but tired, the place around is shining. License: CC-BY-SA 4.0 - David Revoy, with mascots of Mastodon joinmastodon.org and Pleroma-tan pleroma.social.
#spam #krita #mastoart #fediart #ArtWithOpenSource
Erik Uden πŸ‘
Erik Uden πŸ‘  
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we fought against the spam and WON! :blobcathuggies:​
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@ErikUden Bravo, and thank you for all your work on the collaborative blocklist https://github.com/Mastodon-DE/blocklists/blob/main/spam/2024-02-15/2024-02-15-spam-domain_mutes-erik-uden.csv , that was epic to read. πŸ‘

I also read https://sakurajima.moe/@chikorita157/111964047131919267 , but no idea if it is a source of trust about the source of the issue.

chikorita157 🐰:unverified:

2024-02-20 13:29:37


FYI, the script kiddie spammer got arrested, which is why there isn’t any more SPAM. When I woke up, the SPAM Bots stopped sending out SPAM.

https://fedi.fyralabs.com/notes/9pxjbg2f43


@Erik Uden πŸ‘
Heliograph
Heliograph  
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i thoroughly hope they are right and this really stops now 😬 @ErikUden
@Erik Uden πŸ‘
Metin Seven 🎨
Metin Seven 🎨  
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I read "spasms", and wondered what new type of misery I had missed. πŸ˜…
SuperDicq
SuperDicq  
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Where is AI-chan? It seemed that Misskey instances were affected the most
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@SuperDicq For artistic reasons (composition, two characters side by side) and limited time budget (I only had from 16h to 18h30), I restricted myself to two mascots this time. Thanks for understanding! 😺
@SuperDicq
SuperDicq
SuperDicq  
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Oh I really like it tho, not complaining
constancies
constancies  
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I love your art πŸ˜€
Annie
Annie  
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Lovely picture and feedback to the admins. Thank you!πŸ™πŸΌβ€οΈ
joene πŸ΄πŸ‰πŸŒ²
joene πŸ΄πŸ‰πŸŒ²  
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Let's hope it's a wake-upcall for the Mastodon developers.
rnlf
rnlf  
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I think the spammers just... stopped?

I checked several spam instances and many still have their spam posts but none had any new spam created in the last 14h. Everything seems to halt the exact same second everywhere.

I don't think we really won, yet.

Tuckers Nuts Resist
Tuckers Nuts Resist  
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πŸ₯₯ Eye just got my first Mastodon spam yesterday and now it's over?
Sad face emoji. πŸ₯₯
#Spam, #Mastodon, #SadEmoji
#spam #mastodon #sademoji
Stemy
Stemy  
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Si il n'y avait pas une poignΓ©e de compte parmi ceux que je suis qui en avaient parlΓ©, j'aurais jamais su qu'il y avait une attaque de spammers.
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@stemy C'est chouette que tous les comptes n'ont pas Γ©tΓ© affectΓ©, ici c'Γ©tait pas la mort non plus; juste deux ou trois dans mes notifications, peut-Γͺtre seulement 6 en tout Γ©talΓ© sur une semaine. Hier et avant-hier aucun, mais je viens d'en recevoir encore un il y a 10min, donc c'est pas encore fini et j'ai mΓͺme peur que la notoriΓ©tΓ© de cette attaque attire d'autres apprentis spammeurs...
@Stemy
Dan the 3D Printing Dad
Dan the 3D Printing Dad  
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I have to admit, I've not even seen it, but I keep my timeline pretty tight.

Twitter, on the other hand... 😱

Intel-Graphy \ - v - /
Intel-Graphy \ - v - /  
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I have a question: do I need to use the csv file myself or does the admins use it for the whole server?
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@intelgraphy I think the csv of the blocklist is intended for blocking at an instance level.
@Intel-Graphy \ - v - /
ikanreed
ikanreed  
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jeez I didn't even notice. They must have been doing an exceptional job.
cybik :deifirev:
cybik :deifirev:  
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one of the lads doing the stupid thing allegedy got *arrested*.
Ricki Gray Area Witch Tarr
Ricki Gray Area Witch Tarr  
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And if you didn't notice a spam wave, thank your local administrator
η ‚ζΌ δΊΊ :hyogo: x 🏜️
η ‚ζΌ δΊΊ :hyogo: x 🏜️  
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Matrix :ruby:
Matrix :ruby:  
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why play swarm defense mobile games when you can just run a mastodon instance...
b3n
b3n  
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this win is HUGE! It means we're still breezing past the Bird Site and the Farmville homepage🐦🚜

My bet? Mastodon is going to keep rocking, while the rest of the social media world slowly turns into a collection of spam posts. πŸ₯”βœ¨ Here's to staying awesome indefinitely! πŸš€ #Mastodon

#mastodon
Felix Urbasik
Felix Urbasik  
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Unfortunately, I've seen some more spam just a few hours ago.
risavisven
risavisven  
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I just got another one a few mins ago 😭😭 but yea they're not as bad now..
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@risavisven 😭 Oh no, someone else reported me a minute ago also a spam. So yes, not totally over... I hope this wave didn't gave the idea to more new spammer to enter the game.
@risavisven
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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...and I just received a new one too. 😭

[edit: putting the visual behind a CW]

A screenshot of a spam: on top a link to a service alone, then a list under of 5 quoted accounts.
This entry was edited (9 months ago)
Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:
Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:  
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yeah it's back, hopefully at lower scale
moved to => @kura@hai.z0ne.social
moved to => @kura@hai.z0ne.social  
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6 in the past 90 mins for me (and i consider myself a small niche single user instance)
Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:
Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:  
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2 in last 2 hours for me, your numbers are me during previous "wave"
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@hj @risavisven @kura That's a lot 😱 I probably received 8 in total (2 with the big title in red, with some metalic effect on the text as far as I remember, and 4 photos of spam boxes, and two maybe text only) but all of them were spread over a full week.
@Den Datafag Trollmann :flag: @moved to => @kura@hai.z0ne.social @risavisven
Trash Panda
Trash Panda  
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hey at least it's not just representing mastodon, I'll take it.
VERY cute art πŸ˜€
Mobius Goddess
Mobius Goddess  
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cute pleroma mascot in your style
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@foxysen Thank you! I also like to paint her this way:
https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/misc__2022-09-14_Pleroma-tan_by-David-Revoy.html

Pleroma tan by David Revoy - Viewer - Pepper&Carrot

Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.
Pepper&Carrot
@Mobius Goddess
thesuperpapagai
thesuperpapagai  
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It amazes me that people believe that a social media platform that has moderation, administration and security all handled by volunteers would be sustainable.
Peter Drake HAS MOVED
Peter Drake HAS MOVED  
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I'm still getting plenty of identical spam toots from various servers.
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@peterdrake Same observation here, but mainly yesterday: I received five of them. Today, however, not a single one so far. I hope it will be soon under control and no new spammer will be inspired by replicating this.
@Peter Drake HAS MOVED
Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:
Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:  
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at least spammers regressed to including url in text so it's much easier to word-filter it
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@hj @peterdrake That's totally aligned with my observations about the five ones of yesterday: they were text-only with a URL on top, and then around five quoted account pasted under, with a line break after each. They were very similar.
@Den Datafag Trollmann :flag: @Peter Drake HAS MOVED
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