Curator (@Curator@mastodon.art)
Instances we've been blocking spammers from this morning because they have open sign ups with no kind of account verification:
mastodon.social
mastodon.world
mstdn.social
hachyderm.io
sfba.social
mastodonapp.uk
defcon.social
We're not the only instance who'll have been dealing with spam reports, and we get the reports when the accounts have already spammed users, so damage has already been done.
Why should we be doing you admin work for you? 
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homegrown (@homegrown@social.growyourown.services)
Fedi admins, please switch off instant signups! 🙏
You can do this at Preferences > Administration > Server Settings > Registrations > Require A Reason To Join, tick box and click save.
If you allow instant signups, you are opening your server to spammers, causing huge headaches for hundreds of other servers who all have to block your spammers. The latest wave of spam is *all* on servers that have instant signups!
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innkeeper (@innkeeper@gamerstavern.online)
Holy feminism Batman!
Looks like we have fediblocked a malicious instance!
Check out @britt 's toot for further informations about the reason (and thanks for sharing, Britt)
https://mstdn.games/@britt/113521957079842389
#TheGamersTavern #Mastodon #FediAdmin
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notes (@notes@nsfw.social)
They are not a "porno bot". And now, I get to do something I've been waiting to do for a very long time....
#MastoAdmin #NSFWadmin #FediAdmin
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britt (@britt@mstdn.games)
#Admin
New (to me) right wing ‘male supremacist’ troll instance for your block lists:
❌ merovingian.club
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koalie (@koalie@w3c.social)
This instance sign-up reason really sends mixed signals:
> " I wan't an account because I need to get my life big and I'm trying to do it at a fast pace cuz my life and my kids have been taken and I need help ASAP."
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welshpixie (@welshpixie@mastodon.art)
A few varieties of the name 'hezuikn' on mstdn.jp are spamming. Instance mods, search that username, see what your instance finds, block 'em.
We've found:
hezuikn_@mstdn.jp
hezuikn__@mstdn.jp
hezuikn___@mstdn.jp
hezuikn_0@mstdn.jp
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notes (@notes@bofh.social)
Hands down the very best feature in the #fediverse. Thank you #Sharkey! I feel for the #instance #admins that aren't on Sharkey. ;-) #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #SharkeyAdmin
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notes (@notes@bofh.social)
I've got a user on one of my instances who gets flooded with reports all because some people don't like what she posts. She's not breaking the law, she's not harassing people, she's not targeting people, she's not being abusive. She's simply providing her opinion and sometimes posts images that are suggestive. It's her thing. It's not my thing. I frankly don't care. The images are clearly of adult women and she's an adult woman. But every time she posts I get flooded with reports about her because a group of users are trying to get me to silence her and I won't do it. I don't have to agree with someone's post but if they're not being harassing someone and they're not spouting hate speech even if I wanted to suspend her (which I don't) I don't have much of a leg to stand on. Thing is she probably doesn't even know how many reports she generates every time she posts. So by all means report somebody if they're being hateful, hurtful, harassing. Report someone that's posting things that are illegal. Report users for violating the rules on my server. But if you report a user simply because you don't like what they say? Yeah, I'm probably going to ignore you going forward.
#FediAdmin #SharkeyAdmin #MastoAdmin #Administrivia
RE: https://bofh.social/notes/a0tzkdipz6dj01es
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aggiepm (@aggiepm@poweredbygay.social)
Any #Fediadmin out there use Grafana cloud (free) for their status page? How is it?
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notes (@notes@bofh.social)
Yeah but if you send a bunch of bullshit reports because you're trying to censor somebody for posting something you don't like, fortunately #Sharkey now has a feature where I can simply ignore future reports from an instance. Too many people are starting to use reports to try to shame or censor someone for posting something that they simply don't like when the more appropriate action would be to block the user and move on.
#FediAdmin #SharkeyAdmin #MastoAdmin #Administrivia
RE: https://cyberpunk.lol/users/rachaelspooky/statuses/113516531653853559
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homegrown (@homegrown@social.growyourown.services)
Mastodon admins!
You can increase user safety on your server by activating "Authorized Fetch" (aka "Secure Mode"). With this activated, your blocks of other servers will become more effective as it prevents blocked servers from viewing your server's public posts.
You can find out more including how to activate it on your server at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/authorized-fetch
Also worth noting that it works well nowadays, the compatibility issues of the past are fixed.
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