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Spam is an issue, though not (yet) a huge one. Mastodon has a couple of key advantages, though. * First, if the spammer is coming from a "good" instance, the
by codesections 8y ago
Spam is an issue, though not (yet) a huge one.
Mastodon has a couple of key advantages, though.
* First, if the spammer is coming from a "good" instance, the admin of that instance can ban them—and the number of instances means that there are more mods to go around.
* Second, if the spammer is coming from a pure spam instance, other instances can ban/unfederate with the whole instance.
That said, it's an area that the community is focused on. Here's an issue discussing spam and additional tools that could help: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/8122 https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/8122
- caf 8y agoYes, I was more wondering about the "spam instance" problem rather than the "spam user" problem (which that issue is discussing). From the overview it seems like dedicated spam instances could be quickly spun up in the same way that email domains are?