See the tool here: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/95652

And some discussion of the issue here: https://lemm.ee/post/177673

This tool produces a list of instances which have a very high number of users compared to the number of comments and posts. These instances are assumed to have high number of bot accounts on them.

Some other instances have started blocking them, should sh.itjust.works follow suit?

Of course, this need not be permanent, and will be reversed when those instances resolve the issue.

For reference, this is a list of instances suspected of being botted by the tool’s default settings: https://overseer.dbzer0.com/api/v1/instances?activity_suspicion=20&domains=true

Ayes and nays please!

  • nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Aye.

    I haven’t looked into how it works, but I feel like we should be open to reviewing it’s findings if an instance wants to dispute our defederation. Maybe it’s got a surefire method of determining bot-heavy lemmys (bottys?), but I’m worried about false positives.