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#Spam #Bot #Raid #alert for #FediStaff / #FediMod and others.

Glancing at the timeline in the middle of the night, I am noticing accounts pop up, send the message...
"Hello #Mastodon"
...then posting ads with no context, sometimes also using that message to get it on the hashtag.

General users, please report these if you see these #SpamBots, and #Moderation, be on the lookout.

Edit:
I have not seen them again today, so either this was just a one-off thing where someone made three accounts to do that, or a test of some system, or maybe someone else already got to all of them before I could see them. Either way, I guess this wasn't as much of a thing as it seemed last night, but let's keep an eye out in case this is a new pattern.