this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Why are these bot operators going through the hassle of joining existing instances... couldn't they just set up their own, since instances would need to manually defederate them after they spam?
I wonder how difficult it would be to take a Formspree-style approach to combat the bots, using a hidden form field
When the whole instance is spam, it's easy to defederate. When it is camouflaged in a legit instance, it's harder to root out.