sb arms & legs on Nostr: I've noticed a very slow trickle of fake accounts registering at my instance ...
I've noticed a very slow trickle of fake accounts registering at my instance recently. They put more work into them than normal:
- they have somewhat convincing usernames
- semi-reasonable descriptions
- emails on custom domains (Hetzner vps usually)
- unique IP per account (often same subnet)
- uploads a profile pic & banner image
- some of them boost a few posts from admin acct
But then these accounts just sit there. They aren't spamming. What is their goal?
#mastoAdmin #fediAdmin
Published at
2026-04-22 15:31:38 UTCEvent JSON
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