▲ 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
[–] Drusas@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (7 children) What we really need is more people stepping up to moderate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago We could at least offload some work from Ernest permalink fedilink source parent [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (4 children) Are there some key magazines that need it? I will step up, if only to play whack a mole as I understand it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ProdigalFrog@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) https://kbin.social/m/opensource is plastered with spam, that would be a good one to moderate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I'm not sure how to request that one since it has an active owner. I did request another that was available. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago We could at least offload some work from Ernest permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago We could at least offload some work from Ernest permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (4 children) Are there some key magazines that need it? I will step up, if only to play whack a mole as I understand it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ProdigalFrog@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) https://kbin.social/m/opensource is plastered with spam, that would be a good one to moderate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I'm not sure how to request that one since it has an active owner. I did request another that was available. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProdigalFrog@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) https://kbin.social/m/opensource is plastered with spam, that would be a good one to moderate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I'm not sure how to request that one since it has an active owner. I did request another that was available. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I'm not sure how to request that one since it has an active owner. I did request another that was available. permalink fedilink source parent