• rbn@sopuli.xyz
    30·
    10 days ago

    If we start receiving spam like this, the fediverse is gaining momentum! I guess somehow this is good news.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
      61·
      11 days ago

      I think she’s having issues with fedi and remade her accounts or something

      If by “having issues” you mean “got banned for spamming”, then I agree with you.

      • Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        11·
        10 days ago

        I read somewhere (but have no verification of this fact to offer) that the person in the picture isn’t even the one doing this and it’s a weird stalker / revenge situation going on here.

        • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          8·
          10 days ago

          According to a thread I read the other day, the Peertube stream the message links to is just a video of her on a loop. I don’t think the person in the photo is the one doing this, it’s either revenge porn or a scammer who just happened to use this pic and video.

        • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          10 days ago

          I guess that’s possible, but it seems like a very strange way to do it.

          I think more likely it’s a test of the resilience of the fediverse in preparation for a more valuable scam later, using whatever footage the person could get (not necessarily themselves, but not stalker or revenge, either).

        • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          that’s what I was thinking too, seeing that her head is sideways, not looking into the camera or even under it like to a screen

        • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
          2·
          10 days ago

          The one I have duplicated is the common first edition one that everyone received first (I think), it’s with the head kinda turned down. The new one is a better picture, more frontal. Both have double eyebrow.

          Edit: the second one is the same, not, shown by OP, with the blue thing on the lower part if the Pic.

  • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
    21·
    10 days ago

    A few days before I got this I got one asking if I wanted in on some stocks or some shit, blocked, then I got this in duplicate, blocked, and now I’ve gotten this same one every day for like 3 days, each time it’s two of em. I block, the chick makes more. The chick is relentless, infinite, and eternal. We must choose now whether to destroy the chick or to worship her, there are no other options.

  • Dragonstaff@leminal.spaceEnglish
    20·
    10 days ago

    At least “she” is 29.

    Not that I support porn bots, but I keep getting messaged by spammers pretending to be teenagers and it’s turning my stomach.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    10 days ago

    I just got the bot message last night and immediately blocked the user. Not dealing with this bullshit here.

    • needanke@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      Report them too, so the resp. instance can deal with the account and connected accounts.

  • wisely@feddit.orgEnglish
    8·
    10 days ago

    Is there something that can be done across Lemmy to prevent mass spammers? Surprised nobody used this before. Got messaged twice so far.

    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
      7·
      10 days ago

      One defense could be for an instance admin to set a maximum number of messages someone can send to different accounts on their instance per hour.

      This would be a heuristic approach to combat spam but this function would first have to be implemented by the Lemmy developers.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        9 days ago

        honestly it always astounds me that developers don’t pre-emptively add ratelimiting, it’s such a basic thing to prevent misuse

    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
      4·
      10 days ago

      i guess it’s a case of each instance admin whacking these moles as they pop up. also having anti bot signup defenses.

      I’m guessing there’s also stuff that could be done server side to stop single accounts sending the same message to > 100 people or something like that. not sure if that’s already implemented though.

      • wisely@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        10 days ago

        That seems like a lot of work that admins would have trouble keeping up with.

        Theoretically couldn’t they keep setting up their own new instance on a daily basis?

        • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
          3·
          10 days ago

          There is a cost associated with setting up each new instance, domains cost money. Time and effort would have to be invested in automating the set up and teardown of such instances on a daily basis (if the scammer has the ability to do that otherwise they’d be doing it manually). Spammers don’t tend to like to spend any money

          federation, from what i understand, requires active users to fully integrate with other instances so lots of PMs coming from federated instances with little to no active users would be detectable i would imagine.

          There are technical solutions to these problems. as with any platform, it is always an arms race between spammers and the developers/moderation teams.

          Mod tools are useful in automating this sort of stuff but some things are better handled at the low level by Lemmy developers.

          I looked into creating some mod tools to help with this sort of thing a year or so ago, but i’m a backend guy if i’m anything dev wise. CSS did what CSS does and gave me a big enough headache to quit

  • MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    10 days ago

    Porn bots are a sign that business is catching onto the fediverse. Let’s pray they’re kind to us.