• TRBoom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This instance gives a clue maybe?

    https://fedidb.org/network/instance/lemmy.wiuf.net

    It looks like it’s only a day old and it has 11k users. There isn’t any content on it either. There are a few instances like that, you can see them here: https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy. They all have low MAU, 10k or so users, and low Status Count.

    Quite a few are showing about 10k new users in the past day or so. Probably they’re small instances without bot protection or instances made to support bots.

    • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Can this be reported to those tech savvy enough to know what to do? Fantastic find. These instances might well be preparing bots for attack.