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They still haven't replied to the #botnet ticket on #GitHub 🤷
https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/113282846334303818
I was hoping they had addressed the issue when it was removed.
The #botnet was banned by the #Mastodon team / @renchap it seems - with no further information :)
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/32384
Bot prevention methods & reports are not sufficient for AI botnets / content · Issue #32384 · mastodon/mastodon
Pitch We recently discovered a sophisticated AI botnet operating on Mastodon.social. The main similarity of the accounts was that they advertised the same 2 programs and followed profiles that were...GitHub
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/32384
Bot prevention methods & reports are not sufficient for AI botnets / content · Issue #32384 · mastodon/mastodon
Pitch We recently discovered a sophisticated AI botnet operating on Mastodon.social. The main similarity of the accounts was that they advertised the same 2 programs and followed profiles that were...GitHub
Decided to write another post about this topic, as the #botnet is still active. It includes more examples :)
https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/113282311745444768
I wonder if I have discovered a huge #Mastodonsocial bot net.
Look at the profile description, most of the (the similar looking) followers, names, posts (#AI made images), the accounts engaging with those & join date.
They seem to advertise the same 2 websites.
Examples:
https://mastodon.social/@thomasleah
https://mastodon.social/@thomasking
https://mastodon.social/@johnnysands
...
@Mastodon @Gargron @staff
What do you think?
#Fediverse #Mastodon #botnet #bot #bots #it #tech #automation #artificialintelligence #socialmedia