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[–] absquatulate 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no way these are not bot accounts. I heard there's a lot of instances with no sign-up validation that are just being flooded by requests.

[–] nieceandtows 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cerevant 6 points 1 year ago

I know Lemmy.world shut down registration for a short time due to spam flooding. Why? Scams of course.