• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    Plot twist: All of the “bot accounts” were actually a huge influx of Reddit users who were lurking. By removing the accounts / defederating with their instances, we’ve sent them all back to Reddit, ensuring Reddit can pull through the mass exodus.

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      Nah lol, I’m an admin and could see all the email addresses they were using. Fake af

    • manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech
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      1 year ago

      yeah, no

      i was in the channels when these were occurring, the people doing it spent no time trying to make the activity look organic in any way.

      there are new admins running instances but a lot of us have been doing this (it sysadmin) for a long time for bigger fish.