@quanin I know.

@quanin the built in Captcha support filters almost all of it, I also manually review new users and IP block problematic subnets.

My server has been up for 3 years as open registration the whole time, on the Join Mastodon server list too, and there’s never been a spam problem.

@quanin it’s not the only anti spam measure on my instance.

One for #mastoadmin - I have reason to believe the UK government may ban Twitter within a week or two, so you may see an influx of users.

Be prepared to close registrations early in order to prevent server instability, it will automatically direct users to other servers for sign up.

Twitter’s Grok AI is now being used by people to undress women, as verified by the BBC. Twitter refused to reply, simply saying “legacy media lies”. It isn’t a lie.

In the UK it is illegal to create or share non-consensual intimate images, including via AI. The UK gov say they are investigating.

Woman felt 'dehumanised' after Musk's Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes

The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.

BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

The EU is set to announce on Wednesday it has given in to US lobbying and will allow firms to train AI on customer data, amongst other things. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251115-eu-bows-to-pressure-on-loosening-ai-privacy-rules

AI companies have managed to persuade the EU they need to cut GDPR up. https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-knifes-privacy-to-feed-the-ai-boom-gdpr-digital-omnibus/