Comment on [PSA] Watch for the antiyanks troll and consider adjusting your rate limits
Sal@mander.xyz 2 days agoI don’t recall any of them being from mander (unless they were dealt with before I started testing?), but thanks for taking preventative measures :)
I don’t know what ‘Antiyanks’ is
It’s the codename for a particular long-term troll and is based off of their original username pattern (which they still use sometimes). I have reason to believe it’s also the same troll that used to spam the racist stuff in Science Memes.
These are most of today’s batch (minus the JON333 which was just a garden-variety spammer that made it into the last screenshot).
No, they were not in mander.xyz. But I am generally quite relaxed when it comes to accepting applications. I mostly reject an applicant if it is very clear it is not an actual user, and then actively follow up on recent accounts for a short time. So the possibility of silent spammer accounts accumulating over time is always a concern.
SlackShaolin@lemmings.world 2 days ago
Good to know, wink wink