<![CDATA[zirk.us is being overrun by LLM-powered bot spam.]]>zirk.us is being overrun by LLM-powered bot spam. The admin has not posted since January 2025.

If anyone has a way to reach anyone there, please let me know, emails have gone unanswered.

ref: https://zirk.us/directory?local=true&order=new

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/b9c7fdf8-6c60-46ea-ac47-e7d0623061fd/zirk.us-is-being-overrun-by-llm-powered-bot-spam.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 18:12:45 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2026 18:30:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to zirk.us is being overrun by LLM-powered bot spam. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:13:57 GMT]]>@iftas I just pinged them on x, they were active an hour ago:

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X (formerly Twitter) (x.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/116420223814197151https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/116420223814197151Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:13:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to zirk.us is being overrun by LLM-powered bot spam. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:24:08 GMT]]>@iftas
That's unfortunate. I've limited them for now as well.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://humanwords.party/ap/users/116332936916637974/statuses/116417668633178481https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://humanwords.party/ap/users/116332936916637974/statuses/116417668633178481Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:24:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to zirk.us is being overrun by LLM-powered bot spam. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:14:14 GMT]]>@iftas That sucks so much. Zirk.us was one of the best instances here.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c18.masto.host/users/carrideen/statuses/116416450006192595https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c18.masto.host/users/carrideen/statuses/116416450006192595Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:14:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to zirk.us is being overrun by LLM-powered bot spam. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:23:37 GMT]]>@iftas Gah! I just moved to this instance like 9 months ago.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/katherine_montalto/statuses/116416015091539367https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/katherine_montalto/statuses/116416015091539367Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:23:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to zirk.us is being overrun by LLM-powered bot spam. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:40:23 GMT]]>@iftas
I just had a look there. There are a number of known scammer accounts set up on there, like Lillian, Tara, Elysia, and multiple versions of themselves.

I limited zirk.us for now. I didn't block it because there are a number of follow relationships here that I don't want to break.

Anyone on this server (hear-me.social) who gets an unexpected follow request from zirk.us ought probably not accept it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hear-me.social/users/admin/statuses/116415845097140417https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hear-me.social/users/admin/statuses/116415845097140417Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:40:23 GMT