It’s very annoying. All the spam is originating from kbin, too.
It’s not even “can easily be overlooked and move on” type spam either, it’s things like “hey kid, wanna buy some oxy?” Kbin admins don’t seem to be doing shit about it because these spammers keep coming back with new accounts, and I have yet to see a post removed from the kbin side of things.
It’s getting to the point that I hope my instance defederates from kbin because it’s just full of trash.
Are you sure it’s a bug? To me, it sounds like just how it works. This is one reason beehaw is considering leaving the fediverse (and to be honest, I’d be thankful if we did, based on my recent experiences)
For all the time you have to type excuses, you could be smashing the ban button, but you don’t. This does not look like a “top priority” from this end. Stop making excuses and just ban the spam accounts. If you have communities without moderation, then close them. You’re managing this very poorly.
Am I taking crazy pills? Ban the user, or they’ll keep posting spam. Vet your applications like a valid instance instead of letting any spambot create an account.
You are not taking action if all you’re doing is removing posts. You are handling this in an entirely inadequate and incompetent way, and you’ve made kbin a blight on the fediverse. Get your shit together.
Do you seriously believe that it’s a matter of individual accounts, and banning a user solves the problem?
It’s certainly better than allowing these accounts to continue to post harmful spam. Then when people sign up, there should be some red flags in their application that you can watch for. It’s not like these spammers are highly intelligent. They’re pretty blatantly spam accounts, especially when they have literally just a number’s difference in their username.
Spam from unmoderated communities/magazines
Both !infosec and !science are being spammed constantly with opioid ads and other non-sense....