• SeeJayEmm@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    It’s also possible, being that it’s a new instance, it’s just being used to subscribe to communities outside of that instance.

  • Zamboniman@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I noticed a bunch of almost new instances shoot up by several thousand users yesterday as well. My guess is people are using bots to create thousands of accounts, and this is gonna result in all manner of issues soon enough.