Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 on Nostr: If you run a mastodon instance and require a reason for joining when someone signs ...
If you run a mastodon instance and require a reason for joining when someone signs up, be on the lookout for signups that are copying the bio of (random?) existing accounts and using that as the reason for joining. I am seeing several per day attempting that.
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2026-06-24 12:49:32 UTCEvent JSON
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