There have been a number of comment spam attacks in various posts in a couple of /c’s that I follow by a user/individual who uses account names like Thulean*

For example: [email protected] in [email protected]

and [email protected] in [email protected]

edit: Also [email protected] in [email protected]

The posts have been removed or deleted by the respective /c’s mods, and the offending accounts banned, but you can see the traces of them in those /c’s modlogs.

The comments consist of an all-caps string of words with profanities, and Simpsons memes.

An attack on a post may consist of several repeated or similar looking comments.

This looks like a bored teenager prank, but it may also be an organization testing Lemmy’s systemic and collective defenses and ability to respond against spam and bot posts.

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    7 months ago

    It’s hard to tell if they have some vendetta against the platform or are just maladjusted and want to annoy people having a good time.

    Cynical tinfoil hat theory: there’s now a financial incentive to harm alternatives to a certain website that recently had their IPO. The timing does kind of fit, at least.