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   Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:34:10 JST Eugen Rochko

   • かき@GNUsocialJP

   We're aware of the spam attack hitting mastodon.social right now and our full moderation and DevOps teams are on the case mitigating any way we can (incl. switching to approval-mode registrations)

   • Padraig Fahy 🌈 repeated this.
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     gh0sti :pika: (gh0sti@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:35:43 JST gh0sti :pika:

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     @Gargron glad to hear it. First time seeing a crypto dm here.

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     Heidi Helen Pilypas (heidi_helen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:36:03 JST Heidi Helen Pilypas

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     @Gargron Thank you, @Mastodon team! 💜🐘🙏🏻

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     Jarvis Slacks (jayslacks@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:36:14 JST Jarvis Slacks

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     @Gargron Thanks for your hard work!

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     Romanovich ?? (cherepin@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:36:24 JST Romanovich ??

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     @Gargron Thank you very much.

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     Sébastien Barbieri (scips@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:42:36 JST Sébastien Barbieri

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     @Gargron feel free to let us know if we can do anything to help

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     Justinmwhitaker (justinmwhitaker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:43:26 JST Justinmwhitaker

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     @Gargron thanks Eugen! In case no one has said it today: you rock!

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     Urzl (gooba42@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:44:43 JST Urzl

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     @Gargron Thank you!

     I got a spammy notification but the actual post was already gone by the time I had a minute to click through.

     You guys are doing a great job and I appreciate it!

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     3chain (3chain@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:56:16 JST 3chain

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     @Gargron tbh they probably did you a favour, this is the first time I've been on the platform in months 😊

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     User Mastodon (user_mastodon@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 22:58:58 JST User Mastodon

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     @Gargron Hello. Will there be a "translation" function in the Mastodon app for android in the near future?

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     Luis Carlos (luiscarlosgonzalez@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:08:39 JST Luis Carlos

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     @Gargron Great work. May the force be with you and all

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     Luis Carlos (luiscarlosgonzalez@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:09:12 JST Luis Carlos

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     @Gargron I was tagged

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:09:33 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • かき@GNUsocialJP

     All of the spam accounts have been suspended, reports queue cleared, IPs and e-mail domains used in the spam wave banned. We're continuing to monitor the situation and analyzing the pattern.

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     John Francis (johnefrancis@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:11:49 JST John Francis

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     @Gargron somewhere a scammer is crying. Good!

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     DJGummikuh (djgummikuh@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:12:01 JST DJGummikuh

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     @Gargron did this attack involve any kind of exploit (for mass-sending or something) or did they just manually register accounts and started spamming with them?

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     Jeroen Huijsdens (jeroenhuijsdens@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:13:31 JST Jeroen Huijsdens

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     @Gargron Thank you. #Spam #Attack

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     PaperLouse (papyrophagasc@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:13:45 JST PaperLouse

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     @Gargron
     Thank you! 🙏

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     Simon Harper (simonharper@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:14:05 JST Simon Harper

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     @Gargron 🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼

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     Luis Carlos (luiscarlosgonzalez@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:14:15 JST Luis Carlos

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     @Gargron May the force be with you and anniquilate the dark force of the spammers!

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     ZANitebug (zanitebug@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:14:39 JST ZANitebug

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     @Gargron thank you

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     gh0sti :pika: (gh0sti@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:15:56 JST gh0sti :pika:

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     @Gargron what if you limited supported email accounts to only popular ones? I’m wondering if that would help.

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     gh0sti :pika: (gh0sti@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:16:23 JST gh0sti :pika:

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     @Gargron thanks for cleaning up the mess quickly.

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     Florent Moll ☑️ (diablorojo@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:17:51 JST Florent Moll ☑️

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     @Gargron Thanks !🙏

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     Саша Морс, here we go again... (alexmorse@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:19:29 JST Саша Морс, here we go again...

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     @Gargron that was pretty fast!

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     Beverly Bambury (beverlybambury@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:19:52 JST Beverly Bambury

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     @Gargron thank you so much!

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     Chris Williams (cwilliams25@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:28:25 JST Chris Williams

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     @Gargron Thanks for the quick response and all the work!

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     Aimee Giese (greeblehaus@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:39:59 JST Aimee Giese

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     @Gargron we appreciate you and your team!

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     Juan Villela (fourjuaneight@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:44:42 JST Juan Villela

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     @Gargron Damn, that was fast. Nice job! 💪🏽

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     Hughster (hughster@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:45:56 JST Hughster

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     @Gargron The message I got was only in the inbox for a couple of minutes after I reported—thanks for the quick response.

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     Dokape (dokape@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:48:19 JST Dokape

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     @Gargron ah, thanks, i just saw the notifications on iOS, but didn’t found the toots. Thanks for your hard spam fighting.

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     Yann 不停 Heurtaux (shalf@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:50:59 JST Yann 不停 Heurtaux

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     @Gargron Thank you and the Moderation & DevOps teams. You all rock 😘

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 00:02:44 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     First-class Service! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

     Thanks @Gargron & team.

     If everyone reports spammers immediately, they theoretically get but one try. 😀

     https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/110310808786260795

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     Reclusive Leftist (extremeleft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 00:14:26 JST Reclusive Leftist

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     @Gargron
     :perfect:

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     I-Fan Chen (armandch@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 00:20:36 JST I-Fan Chen

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     @Gargron thank you!

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 00:25:19 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Promethea :flag_trans_anim:

     @tyrannosaurusgirl Needless to say it's completely unrelated, bots don't care about buttons in the mobile app.

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     Promethea :flag_trans_anim: (tyrannosaurusgirl@toot.foundation)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 00:25:20 JST Promethea :flag_trans_anim:

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     @Gargron So "making signing up on Mastodon easier than ever before" made it easier easy for bots too, huh?

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     Kyle Rose (bobo_of_id@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 00:38:22 JST Kyle Rose

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     @Gargron thank you for your efforts

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     Podsafepilot (podsafepilot@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 01:43:08 JST Podsafepilot

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     @Gargron Nice work, thanks to everyone involved. 👍🏻

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     Tim (dr_rugby@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 01:53:06 JST Tim

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     @Gargron thx, jack never reacted when I reported spam 😉

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     Matei Mincu??:mastodon: (matei@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 01:56:15 JST Matei Mincu??:mastodon:

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     @Gargron Thanks a lot!

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     sᴉnꓶɐʇoſ (piky_nieves@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 02:16:08 JST sᴉnꓶɐʇoſ

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     @Gargron thanks. Shared!

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     sᴉnꓶɐʇoſ (piky_nieves@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 02:16:47 JST sᴉnꓶɐʇoſ

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     @Gargron thanks. Boosted!

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     Mario (korpil@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 03:06:34 JST Mario

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     @Gargron thank you! I’m glad to be a Patreon supporter!

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     Zabuxx (zabuzzman@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 03:18:14 JST Zabuxx

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     @Gargron thanks 🙏

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     DaWoDerPfeffer (dawoderpfeffer@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 15:37:16 JST DaWoDerPfeffer

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     @Gargron please be very careful regarding IP or even IP-range bans, as I - like many others - completely RELY on working access using VPN services!
     Many IPs are used by several people - who not all are necessarily spammer. Same goes regarding bans of whole email domains, just because a spammer had also an account on the same email service.

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     Michael Roth (michaelroth@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 19:39:51 JST Michael Roth

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     @Gargron @tyrannosaurusgirl

     Your app is way too complicated

     I now use it since a few days, and still don't get most of how it's working

     I used Twitter a mere few minutes, and everything was intuitive (simple)

     I switched to Mastodon because I find the paid blue check unacceptable, without which one's comments are basically not visible anymore

     We need a Twitter alternative, which should be donations-based instead (a bit like Wikipedia in the beginning)

     But Mastodon is too complicated now !

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 19:44:54 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Michael Roth
     • Promethea :flag_trans_anim:

     @MichaelRoth @tyrannosaurusgirl What do you find complicated?

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     Manish (manishr@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-May-2023 03:01:42 JST Manish

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     @Gargron Thanks the team is doing awesome. I wish to be part of the team.

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     fenixscs@mastodon.social's status on Saturday, 06-May-2023 18:55:21 JST Fenixscs

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     @Gargron 👏

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     Michael Roth (michaelroth@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 20:26:03 JST Michael Roth

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     @Gargron @tyrannosaurusgirl

     Well it's a lot of little points which are much more streamlined on Twitter

     On Mastodon, already the question with the different servers at the beginning. That's sth 70% of the population doesn't understand it

     Then in my "for you", there's somehow rather some people's accounts instead of tweets, no idea why

     When I go on "news", there is news, but one cannot comment on them

     The list of comments below posts, is not ordered by "who got most comments or favorites"

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     Michael Roth (michaelroth@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 20:42:44 JST Michael Roth

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     @Gargron @tyrannosaurusgirl

     There's many little more things

     1) when answering to a post\comment, one cannot see it while answering to it. I think on Twitter it was visible

     2) another thing is, that the comments which one writes, they then don't appear below those to-be-answered-to posts\comments, but at the bottom of the list

     We live in a very complicated world nowadays

     Need Streamlining

     Weaker people cannnot participate otherwise, and this part of the population seems to grow

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     Michael Roth (michaelroth@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 21:18:19 JST Michael Roth

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     @Gargron @tyrannosaurusgirl

     I think, don't get me wrong, u will certainly be angry now,

     ... but I think, we need a donations-based Twitter (no poor-people-discriminating blue checks) (a.k.a same financing like Wikipedia)

     ... a (complicated) Mastodon, which the vast majority of the world is virtually incapable of using, will not fill this need

     and this need is very important

     Twitter will most likely take over the vast majority of political discussions in the future

     ... for the rich only

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     Michael Roth (michaelroth@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 21:43:02 JST Michael Roth

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     @Gargron @tyrannosaurusgirl

     U're apparently the person having founded Mastodon?

     I just read an article and it showed ur picture...

     Sorry didn't know, or I would have written in a more concentrated manner

     Maybe I anyway wrote too much now...

     ... but my conclusion for now is...

     ... u likely need to found a "Mastodon 2", a copy of Twitter, just donations-based instead of subscriptions

     ... because I guess u're not the full-owner of Mastodon (?), so u cannot really push through such changes