Post #1469123
2026-04-06 21:27 UTC
Looks like someone has created a bot (@Danielc_olquitt), with the same name and a very similar handle to my own, on @Mastodon that does nothing else other than boost my toots. It’s a bit weird. Has anyone else noticed similar things happening? #mastodon #mastoadmin
Replies (4)
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@vicgrinberg@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 21:32
@daniel wtf... Shall we report this? Glad to do so (it started following me and I wondered whether you decided to give up your own instance...
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@kbm0@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 22:57
@daniel I have today received a PM from that same bot, asking "Hello, how are you doing?". Will report it.
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@steveroyle@biologists.social 2026-04-07 10:28
@daniel I got a notification that “you” had boosted one of my toots. Which was weird since I was pretty sure you had already boosted it a few weeks ago. Just checked and it was the fake “you” doing the boosting. How weird. Will block and report!
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@brembs@mastodon.social 2026-04-07 10:34
@daniel @Danielc_olquitt @Mastodon Yes, a few scientists have had that happen to them recently. Not sure what the point is, though.