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Can registrations on kbin.social be disabled to stop spammers (kbin.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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kbin.social is being overrun with spammers. Can we disable registrations on this instance so they can't keep creating new accounts? Every day I log on, I have to spend the first 20-30 minutes, reporting and blocking a bunch of new accounts.

Here are some that were just created today:
https://kbin.social/u/dfgdfgfdfgfdh
https://kbin.social/u/nyfejevy
https://kbin.social/u/vepotal774
https://kbin.social/u/ayman01
https://kbin.social/u/MariaesNichols
https://kbin.social/u/nidhiroute
https://kbin.social/u/dcesdff
https://kbin.social/u/mauntehilss
https://kbin.social/u/nidhirout
https://kbin.social/u/noraharris0

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I spend a lot of time downvoting and reporting and I've volunteered to co-mod the worst offending subs that I'm subnscribed to. It's not clear that any of this has any effect.

At this point, it feels like a bit of a lost cause.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What we really need is more people stepping up to moderate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I’ve volunteered for several over the last month. Never heard a thing. -in particular science, fediverse, tech where large amounts of spam seem to occur and which seem abandoned

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

We could at least offload some work from Ernest

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Are there some key magazines that need it? I will step up, if only to play whack a mole as I understand it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm honestly not sure. I haven't been seeing too much of these problem accounts myself. I moderate m/politics and it hasn't been a problem for us yet. I would suggest making a note of which magazines you are seeing this behavior on, and if it's something that is up your alley, reach out to Ernest to ask for moderation privileges. He's very happy to give them to others who are dedicated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Ya I've perused the list, but there doesn't seem to be overlap. Maybe I should just grab one, any one, to get the hang of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

https://kbin.social/m/opensource is plastered with spam, that would be a good one to moderate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'm not sure how to request that one since it has an active owner. I did request another that was available.