Kevin Beaumont on Nostr: #mastoadmin thing - I recently blocked signups from all VPS providers and Tor exit ...
#mastoadmin thing - I recently blocked signups from all VPS providers and Tor exit nodes, and saw a just over 95% decrease in spam, phishing and dummy accounts making it through Captcha. It's transformative. The users who sign up since largely actually post, too.
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2026-09-13 20:28:44 UTCEvent JSON
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