@keirasoleore when did you first notice that? I don't think anything has changed on the server recently...
The server has recently been inundated by bot registrations. None of them have posted anything yet, but they appear to fit the profile of spambots, and they all use the same email host in Palau.
I've blocked their email host so they can't re-register, and I'll delete their accounts over the next few days (it doesn't seem to be possible to delete them all en masse).
Please let me know if you get pestered by any account with "Bot" in its profile.
@fribbledom (highly unlikely this is the same problem your friend had, but it does suggest there might be problems with their security model.)
@fribbledom oddly enough, I sort of experienced this in reverse: someone managed to sign up for instagram with my email address, despite my never having confirmed it. later, when I signed up myself and confirmed my email address, it logged me into this other person's pre-existing account.
I had no way to contact them 'cause the only email address on file was my own. I changed the name and and password, deleted all their stuff, and moved on.
And we're back.
@ros @keirasoleore well I'm not sure either, TBH, it might have been reported to the other Mastodon instance instead of to me.
@keirasoleore I'll block the pawoo instance site-wide.
I'm not exactly sure how it works because it hasn't come up before, but I think you can 'report' toots and then I get notified and there are actions I can take.
@lauravivanco @willaful @keirasoleore
Oh that's a really good point. Perhaps there should be some conversation here about what rules to put up before we proceed?
@willaful @keirasoleore @lauravivanco
I just thought it might be better to stick to friends and family until I've got the email issues resolved, backups running, etc. But we can do it now if you like.
@herhandsmyhands @willaful @ros the little "settings" icon at the upper right corner of the column, turn on "display all categories" and it'll show you an @.
or, in the current mode, just clicking the "mentions" tab might work too.
@cjewel oh I hadn't heard of that one. I'll look into it, thanks.
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