danc4498@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoIf people use it and they don't post or comment, it could go darki.imgflip.comimagemessage-square425fedilinkarrow-up1755arrow-down121cross-posted to: discuss@discuss.online
arrow-up1734arrow-down1imageIf people use it and they don't post or comment, it could go darki.imgflip.comdanc4498@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square425fedilinkcross-posted to: discuss@discuss.online
minus-squareKoboldCoterielinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoPlot twist: All of the “bot accounts” were actually a huge influx of Reddit users who were lurking. By removing the accounts / defederating with their instances, we’ve sent them all back to Reddit, ensuring Reddit can pull through the mass exodus.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoNah lol, I’m an admin and could see all the email addresses they were using. Fake af
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agotbf disposable email services are a thing
minus-squarequickpen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBut my email is a Fastmail masked email, it’s randomly generated l, so it might look fake as well ¯_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squaremanitcor@lemmy.intai.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoyeah, no i was in the channels when these were occurring, the people doing it spent no time trying to make the activity look organic in any way. there are new admins running instances but a lot of us have been doing this (it sysadmin) for a long time for bigger fish.
Plot twist: All of the “bot accounts” were actually a huge influx of Reddit users who were lurking. By removing the accounts / defederating with their instances, we’ve sent them all back to Reddit, ensuring Reddit can pull through the mass exodus.
Nah lol, I’m an admin and could see all the email addresses they were using. Fake af
tbf disposable email services are a thing
But my email is a Fastmail masked email, it’s randomly generated l, so it might look fake as well ¯_(ツ)_/¯
yeah, no
i was in the channels when these were occurring, the people doing it spent no time trying to make the activity look organic in any way.
there are new admins running instances but a lot of us have been doing this (it sysadmin) for a long time for bigger fish.