Matt Blaze on Nostr: Seeing a uptick in trollish replies from accounts created within the last 24 hours ...
Seeing a uptick in trollish replies from accounts created within the last 24 hours with auto-generated account names (hexadecimal), with no posting history except a single reply.
Seems that the botnets have discovered the fediverse in earnest.
Published at
2025-02-11 23:05:51Event JSON
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