Post #2011026
2026-05-02 20:39 UTC
Yeah, turns out they're all bots. A few sign up each day, so I've had to enable a feature which means I have to manually approve all new accounts on my instance. Yaaay. This makes it more frustrating for real users to sign up, because they have to await my approval.
Once again, commercial forces are f---king up the free and open web. Thanks a lot.
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Abuse
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@randomwizard@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-02 21:05
@enfors Sorry man. Feels like the tragedy of the commons all over again. I know I was bummed when I finally decided to shut down my website because it was getting like 70% bot traffic versus 30% real people.