An even more easy way to detect a likely #botFarm abuser, is if they have only been on fedi since around #nov22 and attract hundreds or thousands of likes and boosts.

On fedi that is really not natural.

We do hate that we must say this but the fact is #Mastodon and #MastodonDevs really let the ball slip when they implemented a bunch of #antiFeatures that fediverse was intended never to have.

#theNov22s

If you see anything related to propping up the meme that is turdsite buyer (aka memecoiner), do not even look at it.

Just scroll right past that sh!t.

Memecoiner's purpose is mostly to drain your life's energy, taking it for itself.

And we will not stop calling the #botfarm it bought #turdSite… the namechange changes nothing, in our view.

#muskrat #memecoiner #turdsiteBuyer

„They seized computer equipment, mobile phones, over 250 #GSM gateways, and roughly 150,000 #SIM cards of multiple mobile operators” 🤯
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#Ukraine takes down massive #botfarm, seizes 150,000 SIM cards
#TDBNews https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-takes-down-massive-bot-farm-seizes-150-000-sim-cards/

SecurityAffairs: Ukraine’s cyber police dismantled a massive bot farm spreading propaganda https://securityaffairs.com/148616/intelligence/massive-bot-farm-russia-propaganda.html #informationsecuritynews #ITInformationSecurity #PierluigiPaganini #SecurityAffairs #disinformation #BreakingNews #Cyberwarfare #Intelligence #SecurityNews #hackingnews #propaganda #Hacking #botfarm #Ukraine #Russia

SecurityAffairs: Ukraine’s cyber police dismantled a massive bot farm spreading propaganda https://securityaffairs.com/148616/intelligence/massive-bot-farm-russia-propaganda.html #informationsecuritynews #ITInformationSecurity #PierluigiPaganini #SecurityAffairs #disinformation #BreakingNews #Cyberwarfare #Intelligence #SecurityNews #hackingnews #propaganda #Hacking #botfarm #Ukraine #Russia

@lispi314
That is the latest from their I2P implementation.

Re timing of the attack: its likely a response to being integrated into the #bitcoin network. First a #botFarm attack on #dotCon-based #messageBoards in an attemp to have I2Ps page banned. Then other network attacks followed, now zzz and their site is completely disappeared.

While #I2Pd exists and is a good, its targetted to the power user and lacks a native #torrenting client. Though, the last thing zzz did was release a standalone.

@lispi314
That is the latest from their I2P implementation.

Re timing of the attack: its likely a response to being integrated into the #bitcoin network. First a #botFarm attack on #dotCon-based #messageBoards in an attemp to have I2Ps page banned. Then other network attacks followed, now zzz and their site is completely disappeared.

While #I2Pd exists and is a good, its targetted to the power user and lacks a native #torrenting client. Though, the last thing zzz did was release a standalone.

@ParadeGrotesque
We were trying to work out what this has to do with #Mastodon. Then we realised the service is likely being inundated by a #botFarm, and Mastodon encourages #botFarms now with the #ExploreTab.

:p

We think someone is trying to offer a 'friendly' service they should probably be on an I2P instance anyway?

-Flipping the Bird Site-

In this article I put together some information on the Saudi royal family's longstanding interest in Twitter and why it is advanced by Elon's hostile takeover.

What seems like a mid-life crisis for the world's richest man has much deeper layers worthy of analysis. For starters we can question his promise to respect free speech: free speech for whom?

https://liminalstatespolitics.wordpress.com/2022/12/29/flipping-the-bird-site/

#saudiarabia #Twitter #BotFarm #arabspring #arabwinter #parapolitcs #deeppolitics

@mammothnafo
I never saw the inside of a bot farm before. Fascinating! Well done #Ukrainian Police. 🇺🇦 👏🏻
#Ukraine #Police #Bot #Bots #BotFarm #Russia #Russian #RussianPropaganda

@lugeration

Security Service of Ukraine (#SSU) web site search on "bot farm" returned 14 results for time frame 01.Jan.2022 to 31.Dec.2022

https://ssu.gov.ua/en/search?query=%22bot+farm%22&date=1.1.2022-31.12.2022

#UkraineRussiaWar #botfarm

Mastodon now betrays #Fediverse ideals by defaulting to an "#Explore" timeline that features popular (read: possibly gamed) toots.

Expect an influx of personas gaming the #PopularityModel, eg. corporates setup say 500 accounts in a #botFarm that post things friendly to their interests, using the other 499 accounts on rotation to Boost and Like the toot so it seems popular.

We saw this coming when #Mastodon started showing Like totals without opening the toot.

We suggest to #ForkMastodon asap!