@hugo @stux excellent, thank you!

@jaz @hugo Can you perhaps CC us? ❤️

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We cannot disable signups and use an inv link since it will say "closed for signups" on JoinMasyo

@jaz @hugo There's also this: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/15275

But it doesnt get merged like always... i makes me lose faith in Masto a bit..

@stux @jaz @hugo Yes, hundreds of them. Best solution I found until we get some better tools is block any domains they use that don't appear to be public email (they use a lot of compromised sites) and block their IP addresses

@trebach @jaz @hugo Indeed, that's the only solution it seems. Fcked up thing is, most spam accounts use gmail.com

@trebach @jaz @hugo Just checked, currently:

And we approve like every 30 min or so lol

@stux @trebach @jaz I see thousands of spam registrations going to Gmail and those are not possible to stop.

I would gladly include you @stux on the email but I really don't have a good solution. For now the only option I can think of is to close registrations.

@davidoclubb Not sure I understand. They may use the same URL because that is the registration URL for Mastodon but the email is always different and even the domains of the email change. Mostly I saw Gmail addresses.

@jaz @stux

@hugo @jaz @stux yes I probably have my facts wrong, i was trying to remember from an earlier experience. There was definitely a common url associated with every one though, I visited it to see if there were any clues (there weren't)