On February 15th, newly-created Fediverse accounts started posting spam messages from various instances, sending invites to a Discord server for a Japanese troll organization. This spam was widespread across the Fediverse. The posts frame ap12 from “KuronekoServer” as the culprit behind the operation.  Looking at their spam content (in Japanese)

A really interesting look at the recent spam wave.

  • @NicoCharruaEnglish
    7•3 months ago

    It’s probably more expensive and inconvenient.

    Also it might only take one report for an active mod team to ban a server. How long can that take? An hour? Less? If they’re on servers that real people use, bots have to be banned one by one, so the spam can last a lot longer and reach more people.