• Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
      23·
      18 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
        3·
        18 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.

        • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          17 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·
          17 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

        • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          18 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.

      • ddplfEnglish
        1·
        18 days ago

        If by “fedi” he meant “psych ward”, I agree either.

  • rbn@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    18 days ago

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

  • Dragonstaff@leminal.spaceEnglish
    3·
    18 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.

  • wisely@feddit.orgEnglish
    2·
    18 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.

    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
      1·
      18 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.

    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      18 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·
        17 days ago

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

  • MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    17 days ago

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

  • mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de
    1·
    16 days ago

    Never got any of those kinda messages yet, fortunately
    (Edit: Now I got the Nicole message… I blocked and reported her account)

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    18 days ago

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

    • needanke@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      17 days ago

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