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Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks (techcrunch.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Here's a critical feature: Matrix bans people using a VPN. Fuck that. I joined a channel for the first time, said "Hello", and was instantly banned for "Spam".

I have to use a VPN because I get my Internet from tethering my phone using EasyTether to make it look like phone data, and connecting to stuff like Windows Update would make it really obvious I'm doing so.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not sure if you’re joking or not so I’m gonna go see for myself, brb

Edit: what the fuck..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you talking about matrix.org? I have my own server. If it bans me, that'll be wild.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think so. I downloaded the recommended app, connected to the recommended server, added a channel, tried to ask my question, and BAM! That was it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I think they're just hyper-vigilante about spammers. They have been targeted with a lot of spam as the flagship server. Unfortunate that you had a bad experience your first time trying it.