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Mastodon Spam (yall.theatl.social)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I keep getting follows on mastodon lately that’s just spam. It’s women’s accounts that have suggestive photos and usually links to OnlyFans. I even got one on two different accounts overnight.

Is anyone else seeing this?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Don't worry, they are just into you. It's your one in a quadrillion personality and your big heart!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Yeah, my personality is one in a quadrillion all right. Just not in the way that would attract scantily clad OnlyFans models. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

HOLY CRAP, I just got another one since I posted this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Look at you a manly man only way to respone properly is a dick pic. /s

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Lol I just received a follow request from an account just like the one you describe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This year I've gotten about four that match what you describe. Before that I got maybe ten that were supposed to look like just normal people. Some of them often followed eachother.

They have all been on mastodon.social, which is what I first noticed and found weird. Personally I'm on a small and niche server being run by a dude in his garage. I barely have any followers and don't post much. There's not many ways to just randomly discover me on Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

This is me almost to a tee, which is why it’s easy to spot the spam. (Aside from, y’know the scantily clad pic and link to OnlyFans.) If I get a new follower, it’s usually someone who starred or boosted something I posted, not some random follow out of the blue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Suffering from success, almost..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I feel like in the future we're gonna start seeing fediverse servers differentiate on feature sets.

Like one requires a subscription fee but pays for yearly audits by a respected auditor, or another offers spam-filtering, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ve been on mastodon for a couple of years and received my first like that just over the past week.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I think I’ve gotten five over the last couple weeks (including the two overnight last night).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just report and remove as a follower.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, me too, but it seems to be increasing in frequency. I’m just wondering if others are seeing the same thing, or if I’ve somehow been targeted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I'm not getting it but I know others are.