this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Bots are trying to join my instance now through the application requirement (lemmyverse.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have the application process enabled for people to join my instance, and I've gotten about 20 bots trying to join today when I had nobody trying to join for 5 days. I can tell because they are generic messages and I put a question in asking what 2+3 is and none of them have answered it at all, they just have a generic message.

Be careful out there, for all you small instance admins.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  1. It's 5
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope it's 23.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This one right here, officer. Please arrest this bot.