▲ 32 ▼ Can registrations on kbin.social be disabled to stop spammers (kbin.social) submitted 2 years ago by 0x1C3B00DA@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (7 children) Getting a free .edu account is trivial. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (6 children) not for spammers. it was a nice first level filter till they had the resources to do more effective spam fighting (which they don't do all that well) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (5 children) No, it's incredibly easy to get a .edu account. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (4 children) Why don't automated spam systems use them then? Its easy for an individual but its not super automately like google. At least at my alma matter its not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) I think you're thinking 4 year college, not 2 years. It takes a lot of effort and money to apply to a 4 year school. It takes like 5 minutes to apply at your local community college online and get a .edu email address, and it's free. Using .edu as some sort of validation is a terrible idea because it's something anyone can get with just a few minutes of work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) yeah thats for an an individual though. A robotic spam account that needs to make a thousand accounts automatically is not going to make one so easily. spam from individuals is much easier to deal with than machine spam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is stupid easy to get a free .edu account. It will not hamper spammers in the slightest. Even if they don’t want to make a few .edu accounts a day to do their spamming, they can just buy .edu accounts in bulk for about 10 cents per. No one is making thousands of kbin accounts to spam from, they make a handful a day, and use them till they get banned. Then they make a few more. .edu accounts are a terrible way to try and prevent spam on kbin. There is literally an industry around generating fake .edu accounts. You can buy them in bulk. Some colleges receive 10’s of thousands of fake applications a month trying to get free .edu emails. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I had no idea they could be bought it bulk. I thought you had to be registered. Granted there are all the for profit colleges now. Would not be surprised if they straight sold them directly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (6 children) not for spammers. it was a nice first level filter till they had the resources to do more effective spam fighting (which they don't do all that well) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (5 children) No, it's incredibly easy to get a .edu account. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (4 children) Why don't automated spam systems use them then? Its easy for an individual but its not super automately like google. At least at my alma matter its not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) I think you're thinking 4 year college, not 2 years. It takes a lot of effort and money to apply to a 4 year school. It takes like 5 minutes to apply at your local community college online and get a .edu email address, and it's free. Using .edu as some sort of validation is a terrible idea because it's something anyone can get with just a few minutes of work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) yeah thats for an an individual though. A robotic spam account that needs to make a thousand accounts automatically is not going to make one so easily. spam from individuals is much easier to deal with than machine spam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is stupid easy to get a free .edu account. It will not hamper spammers in the slightest. Even if they don’t want to make a few .edu accounts a day to do their spamming, they can just buy .edu accounts in bulk for about 10 cents per. No one is making thousands of kbin accounts to spam from, they make a handful a day, and use them till they get banned. Then they make a few more. .edu accounts are a terrible way to try and prevent spam on kbin. There is literally an industry around generating fake .edu accounts. You can buy them in bulk. Some colleges receive 10’s of thousands of fake applications a month trying to get free .edu emails. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I had no idea they could be bought it bulk. I thought you had to be registered. Granted there are all the for profit colleges now. Would not be surprised if they straight sold them directly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (5 children) No, it's incredibly easy to get a .edu account. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (4 children) Why don't automated spam systems use them then? Its easy for an individual but its not super automately like google. At least at my alma matter its not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) I think you're thinking 4 year college, not 2 years. It takes a lot of effort and money to apply to a 4 year school. It takes like 5 minutes to apply at your local community college online and get a .edu email address, and it's free. Using .edu as some sort of validation is a terrible idea because it's something anyone can get with just a few minutes of work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) yeah thats for an an individual though. A robotic spam account that needs to make a thousand accounts automatically is not going to make one so easily. spam from individuals is much easier to deal with than machine spam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is stupid easy to get a free .edu account. It will not hamper spammers in the slightest. Even if they don’t want to make a few .edu accounts a day to do their spamming, they can just buy .edu accounts in bulk for about 10 cents per. No one is making thousands of kbin accounts to spam from, they make a handful a day, and use them till they get banned. Then they make a few more. .edu accounts are a terrible way to try and prevent spam on kbin. There is literally an industry around generating fake .edu accounts. You can buy them in bulk. Some colleges receive 10’s of thousands of fake applications a month trying to get free .edu emails. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I had no idea they could be bought it bulk. I thought you had to be registered. Granted there are all the for profit colleges now. Would not be surprised if they straight sold them directly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (4 children) Why don't automated spam systems use them then? Its easy for an individual but its not super automately like google. At least at my alma matter its not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) I think you're thinking 4 year college, not 2 years. It takes a lot of effort and money to apply to a 4 year school. It takes like 5 minutes to apply at your local community college online and get a .edu email address, and it's free. Using .edu as some sort of validation is a terrible idea because it's something anyone can get with just a few minutes of work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) yeah thats for an an individual though. A robotic spam account that needs to make a thousand accounts automatically is not going to make one so easily. spam from individuals is much easier to deal with than machine spam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is stupid easy to get a free .edu account. It will not hamper spammers in the slightest. Even if they don’t want to make a few .edu accounts a day to do their spamming, they can just buy .edu accounts in bulk for about 10 cents per. No one is making thousands of kbin accounts to spam from, they make a handful a day, and use them till they get banned. Then they make a few more. .edu accounts are a terrible way to try and prevent spam on kbin. There is literally an industry around generating fake .edu accounts. You can buy them in bulk. Some colleges receive 10’s of thousands of fake applications a month trying to get free .edu emails. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I had no idea they could be bought it bulk. I thought you had to be registered. Granted there are all the for profit colleges now. Would not be surprised if they straight sold them directly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) I think you're thinking 4 year college, not 2 years. It takes a lot of effort and money to apply to a 4 year school. It takes like 5 minutes to apply at your local community college online and get a .edu email address, and it's free. Using .edu as some sort of validation is a terrible idea because it's something anyone can get with just a few minutes of work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) yeah thats for an an individual though. A robotic spam account that needs to make a thousand accounts automatically is not going to make one so easily. spam from individuals is much easier to deal with than machine spam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is stupid easy to get a free .edu account. It will not hamper spammers in the slightest. Even if they don’t want to make a few .edu accounts a day to do their spamming, they can just buy .edu accounts in bulk for about 10 cents per. No one is making thousands of kbin accounts to spam from, they make a handful a day, and use them till they get banned. Then they make a few more. .edu accounts are a terrible way to try and prevent spam on kbin. There is literally an industry around generating fake .edu accounts. You can buy them in bulk. Some colleges receive 10’s of thousands of fake applications a month trying to get free .edu emails. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I had no idea they could be bought it bulk. I thought you had to be registered. Granted there are all the for profit colleges now. Would not be surprised if they straight sold them directly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) yeah thats for an an individual though. A robotic spam account that needs to make a thousand accounts automatically is not going to make one so easily. spam from individuals is much easier to deal with than machine spam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is stupid easy to get a free .edu account. It will not hamper spammers in the slightest. Even if they don’t want to make a few .edu accounts a day to do their spamming, they can just buy .edu accounts in bulk for about 10 cents per. No one is making thousands of kbin accounts to spam from, they make a handful a day, and use them till they get banned. Then they make a few more. .edu accounts are a terrible way to try and prevent spam on kbin. There is literally an industry around generating fake .edu accounts. You can buy them in bulk. Some colleges receive 10’s of thousands of fake applications a month trying to get free .edu emails. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I had no idea they could be bought it bulk. I thought you had to be registered. Granted there are all the for profit colleges now. Would not be surprised if they straight sold them directly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BasicTraveler@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It is stupid easy to get a free .edu account. It will not hamper spammers in the slightest. Even if they don’t want to make a few .edu accounts a day to do their spamming, they can just buy .edu accounts in bulk for about 10 cents per. No one is making thousands of kbin accounts to spam from, they make a handful a day, and use them till they get banned. Then they make a few more. .edu accounts are a terrible way to try and prevent spam on kbin. There is literally an industry around generating fake .edu accounts. You can buy them in bulk. Some colleges receive 10’s of thousands of fake applications a month trying to get free .edu emails. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I had no idea they could be bought it bulk. I thought you had to be registered. Granted there are all the for profit colleges now. Would not be surprised if they straight sold them directly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I had no idea they could be bought it bulk. I thought you had to be registered. Granted there are all the for profit colleges now. Would not be surprised if they straight sold them directly. permalink fedilink source parent