#botaccounts β Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #botaccounts, aggregated by home.social.
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Has anyone noticed a specific type of spam bot following people by the name "Jimmy Truth"? They always have the same copypasta bio besides a slight modification of location. I've had like, 7+ of them follow me and I've reported and blocked every single one.
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Microsoft India X Account Hijacked by Crypto Scammers - Cryptocurrency scammers recently hijacked the official Microsoft India X account, ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/microsoft-india-account-hijacked-by-crypto-scammers/ #gamestop(gme)cryptopresales #cryptocurrencyscammers #cryptocurrencywallet #fraudulentposts #hijackedaccount #cryptocurrency #microsoftindia #phishingsite #roaringkitty #botaccounts #newsbytes-2 #newsbytes #keithgill #xaccount #bitcoin #crypto
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CW: #Meta #FraudsterPlatforms #BotAccounts #deleted annually #statistics
In 2019 there was an article about how many #FakeProfiles & #BotAccounts that get deleted annually at #Meta, previously named, #TheFacebook or just simply, #Facebook. Guess what that number was?
The total population of the earth. 8+ BILLION people.
Now imagine how many accounts get deleted in 2023 and how much that has increased... Since 2019? π€
#FraudsterNetworks gonna #crime, eh?
Someone has a π in there π
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Report finds that almost half of the #celebrity's #turdsite followers are fake.
Try 80%.
This is why we say #MastodonApp should **not** show the #popularity of #toots until the user opens them.
#darkPatterns #popularityModel #spam #spamAccounts #abuse #bots #botAccounts #influencerModel #herdMentality #confirmationBias