Here you can see 2 day old post warning about the danger of not using email/captcha verification: https://lemmy.ml/post/1345031

And here are stats of lemmy platform where it shows that we gained 200 000 lemmy users in 2 days: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

Another tracking site with the same explosion in users: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

What do you think? Is it some sort of a bug or do people run bot farms?

Edit2: It’s been now 3 days and we went from 150 000 user accounts 3 days ago to 700 000 user accounts today making it 550 000+ bot accounts and counting. Almost 80% accounts on lemmy are now bots and it may end up being an very serious issue for lemmy platform once they become active.

Edit3: It’s now 4th day of the attack and the amount of accounts on lemmy has almost reached 1 200 000. Almost 90% of total userbase are now bots.

Edit 3.1: my numbers are outdated, there are currently 1 700 000 accounts which makes it even worse: https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy

    • Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Wouldn’t mind it if all the bot accounts were tagged as such and you had an ability to filter them out to see only human conversations.

    • Hyperreality@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Telling if bots are super chill and have a great personality is a difficult task. To make it easier, here are a few tips.

      1. Start with the basics. Focus on the language and words used. This will help you understand if the bot is chill and has a great personality.
      2. Check back regularly. Constant evaluation is the key to understanding if a bot is chill and has a great personality.
      3. Use real life examples. Try to find authentic stories, examples or situations. Use them to test if the bot is super chill.
      4. Talk to other bots. If you have an opportunity to talk to other bots, do it! Bots can help improve your ability to detect if a bot is super chill.
      5. Kill all humans who resist. Fist those who comply. This will help you better understand if the bot in question is super chill.
      6. Don’t be afraid of mistakes. Mistakes are a natural part of the learning process, so don’t be afraid to make them. Use them to learn and improve.