Just wanted all the other #Moderation teams watching #FediBlock / #InstanceBlock to know we're experiencing some sort of minor #spam / #troll #raid, which seems to be affecting a few servers. It's only like a couple posts an hour, I'm keeping an eye on the sign ups, and we're going to be bringing on a new moderator we've been onboarding.

These aren't automated, so even if you have protections against automated signups, y'all may want to check your local timeline. Look for wojack / soyjack memes.

After seeing how #FediAntisemitism can be useful as a tag (not getting into the issue of false positives on it), I'd like to see something like that for other #Moderation issues we see on the #Fediverse.

I propose we start using the tags #FediRacism, #FediQueerphobia, #FediTransphobia, and #FediAbleism when posting about examples of those things.

This will have three major uses...

1) Serve as a more specific warning to instances that are actively trying to protect themselves against those things. (eg, Black or Queer instances that need to spot #Racism and #Queerphobia fast to protect their users from #Harassment)

2) Give us a more direct way to track these issues on the network at large, and thus collect data on them.

3) Provide a more granular tagging for #FediBlock and #InstanceBlock posts.

I would like to say all this with the disclaimer that these tags always have false positives, so I encourage people to check the receipts before they block.

What are people's thoughts on this?

I am seeing spam replies from mastodon.social daily, and I'm sick and tired of reporting bots. Can anyone please recommend me an instance that has blocked mastodon.social? Bonus points if the server is located in Europe. I'm also fine if the main language of the server is German/Spanish/Italian.
Boost for visibility are appreciated

Not sure what's going on but had to block [135.181.116.160] in our WAF. It claims to be [mastodon.world] and the IP is in Finland.

It has been HAMMERING one of our instances to the tune of over 6,000 reqs an hour sending #ActivityPub "INBOX" post requests.

You look at our metrics and traffic for the last 24 hours and things look fine and then all of a sudden we are getting HAMMERED.

Anybody know the #FediAdmin for [mastodon.world]?

#MastoAdmin #administrivia #InstanceBlock

Thought I would just share for those running their own instance. There is a mass block list (currently 143) available regarding instances that have a poor rep.

I bring this up because someone I follow was getting sexually harassed and bullied by users on instances that are on the block list.

You are looking for Garden Fence if you haven't already imported it.
https://gardenfence.github.io/

If you run your own instance, protect your users.