On instagram, which I only use these days to follow friends who are on there, the most frequent "notification" is from obvious spam (presumably phishing) accounts. Meta has thus far been unable to stem the never-ending flow.
Except these accounts are all brand new. I don't know anyone who's not on instagram in 2024 that will decide to sign up and follow *me*
If Instagram had a flag that said "don't let new accounts follow me", it would stop the spam dead.
Fediverse apps should do this.
blaine /
npub19r…284ag
2024-04-03 19:37:44
Author Public Key
npub19r2jkjnpk6pp8zcd7hej43amglqalqtdky088tzer4ypgyjqsdqse284agPublished at
2024-04-03 19:37:44Event JSON
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"content": "On instagram, which I only use these days to follow friends who are on there, the most frequent \"notification\" is from obvious spam (presumably phishing) accounts. Meta has thus far been unable to stem the never-ending flow.\n\nExcept these accounts are all brand new. I don't know anyone who's not on instagram in 2024 that will decide to sign up and follow *me*\n\nIf Instagram had a flag that said \"don't let new accounts follow me\", it would stop the spam dead.\n\nFediverse apps should do this.",
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