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1. sidereal (sidereal@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:29 JST sidereal

   What an absolute shocker that the fediverse would be hit with massive waves of spam right after threads started federating

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:27 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Kevin Beaumont

     @sidereal @GossiTheDog It is really not that smart. Spammers have been targeting Mastodon for years. You can’t even reach Threads from Mastodon yet, and won’t be able to for months to come. They seem to be getting better at getting past the CAPTCHA. Our mod team tends to ban them pretty quickly though.

   • sidereal (sidereal@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:28 JST sidereal

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     • Kevin Beaumont

     @GossiTheDog I think the spam isn't coming from Threads users, it's attempting to reach Threads users.

   • Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 08:37:29 JST Kevin Beaumont

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     @sidereal it’s not related. Threads doesn’t have inbound federation yet, and the source servers of the spamming users are Mastodon servers.