@alex@ottawa.place
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alex

@alex@ottawa.place

🍁🏳️‍🌈 #AuDHD #Queer Canadian dork in his 40s from #Ottawa #Canada. Coffee disposal expert. Master of energy conservation. Co-admin of https://xim.ca (Firefish) (@alex). He/him

I also do other stuff, oh look, here are some bots I run:

(This account is only a backup, in case some terrible calamity happens, and for reading the local timeline)

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#NoBot #NoSearch #NoIndex #NoArchive

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merling, to random
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Recently I've seen accounts from the @newmast.community domain automatically retooting my toots, based on specific hashtags.

All these accounts apparently aim to share posts from mastodon, bluesky and threads.

This is quite an invasive practice. If I'm retooted, I want it to be by "real people", and bcos my post was interesting or useful to someone.
So I've blocked their domains (they also have @newsmast.social) and accounts.

They "explain" their goal here: https://newsmast.social/@newsmast/111963831495789541

A screenshot of a toot by @socialsciences At Newsmast we’re all about connection, which is why we’re welcoming a safe, consensual extension of the social web. Soon this Feed will see contributions from experts across Bluesky and Threads! We’d love it if you joined in, just follow @bsky.brid.gy and people on Bluesky will be able to see the great things you have to say. If it’s not for you, that’s okay too! Just block the bsky.brid.gy and the threads.net domains.

alex,
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@merling It's been mentioned before on fediblock a number of times.

Newsmast's whole business model is boosting hashtags. Such a service should be strictly opt-in.

https://rustedneuron.com/@jackwilliambell/111913986761451342
https://charcha.cc/notice/Afc296foww65S08Q4W
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/27/newsmast-brings-curated-communities-to-the-open-source-twitter-x-alternative-mastodon/

Additional info: Backed by a UK charity and coded in Myanmar, a regime well known for its commitment to human rights. /sarcasm
(proof: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/)

koneko, to random French
@koneko@toot.beep.computer avatar

Je vous invite à bloquer @awakari.

Apparemment, ce robot se permet de suivre des comptes pour mettre un outil de surveillance du contenu en ligne à des fins lucratives.
Il ne demande évidemment pas votre consentement avant d’exploiter vos données.

alex,
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@koneko this has already been posted, twice already.

There are two other posts mentioning it here:

https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware/112414717311670891
https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/112395297173063601

admin, to random
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@Pix
Hi.

Thank you, very much, for opening the report about @ bulma @ parcero.bond.

The racism and hatred in that message is unbelievable.

I suspended the account.

After visiting the website, I see it was created for spreading such racism, hatred, and harassment.

I've suspended parcero.bond as well.

alex,
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@admin @Pix The entire instance is well-known for its nastiness.

ie. It's on Seirdy's blocklist, and with similar receipts.

https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/#receipts

alex, to random
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@jo This is you.

icedquinn, to random
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just wait until you see how much power those Visa mainframes cost :comfysmug:

RE: https://historians.social/users/tkinias/statuses/112283441665687815

alex,
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@frogzone @nimda @icedquinn

It's seal.cafe. They're well-known for such things.

It's not just that user, it's the entire instance that can be tossed into the sea.

https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/#receipts

^^^^ transphobia, racism, antisemitism, suicide-baiting, all in the receipts.

Plus: They host a bot that harasses people who post in mutual aid hashtags. (https://seal.cafe/@mutualshame)

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