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Linux Is Best (@[email protected]) Attached: 3 images Today, I'm going to talk about passive-aggressive spam on the Fediverse. As someone who works at META (Facebook), I encounter this kind of behavior often. Passive-aggressive spam usually looks like someone jumping into a conversation — not to contribute — but to subtly promote their own product, service, or website. For example, you might be talking about your cat, and suddenly someone replies with something like, "That reminds me, I found amazing deals on cat treats over at my site!" They might not post a direct URL, but the message is clearly promotional. These posts are often supported by a few dummy accounts that quickly like the comment to create a false sense of credibility. Today, I saw an example of this on the Fediverse (see screenshot). No one brought up this person’s website. No one was speaking to them directly. No one was talking about them, either. Their reply wasn’t really about my post — it was clearly an attempt to promote their own Fediverse instance, complete with a self-branded hashtag. Unlike traditional platforms, the Fediverse doesn't have an algorithm to push posts. Instead, content needs to be boosted by other users to gain visibility. In this case, the user employed another site — with zero active users (see screenshot) — to boost their own post. The boosting account was created just yesterday (see screenshot), making the intent even more obvious. The domains involved in this scheme are fuckass.space and darkestalleygang.lol . This is spam — just dressed up as conversation. #Spam #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #FediBlock https://c.im/@Linux_Is_Best/115361835930716747