Why are here so many spam-bot posts?
Why are here so many spam-bot posts?
Probably a dumb question, but I have to report pretty much the same post (some website-link + some mentioned usernames, but always sent from different instances) multiple times a day.
The weird thing is, that this happens only here in this community, and not in any else I have subscribed to.
Is this some targeted attack, because due to the self hosting, we're a more valuable victims, or is it just due to time shift because the mods are in a different time zone and asleep when we report the posts?
I think the latter one isn't the case, since there are many active moderators here :)
Is there something we can do about it?
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Some instances (like mine and lemmings.world) have automated bots to clean up these spam posts everywhere. I think lemmy world has an automod as well, but maybe it's not working as well if you keep seeing these spam posts?
Them turning it up would be good. Also shouldn't there be a duplicate post check built into the platform?
They're not exact replicas. Enough a difference to fool the algorithm.
Interesting, any info somewhere on how to set up some of those auto mod bots?
I mean if we use the same filters these spams are easily recognised.
My bot has a readme with instructions and we're working on a docker image too: https://github.com/db0/threativore
Thank you!
Interesting, any info somewhere on how to set up some of those auto mod bots?
I mean if we use the same filters these spams are easily recognised.
Interesting, any info somewhere on how to set up some of those auto mod bots?
I mean if we use the same filters these spams are easily recognised.