Omg, stop it with the "We're Mastodon support" scams, no one believes you and you just look like a dick.
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I've never seen one of these.
Russian bots OTOH... a LOT! That said, they've not been so present lately. Maybe they've started to 'auto-block' me so I can't Report them.
@gsymon thank you for reporting—it makes my job as an admin so much easier.
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They do it on purpose. The thinking is that if most people who aren't going to be scammed just don't respond then they get to spend more time on people who are less likely to realize.
The strategy is also that if they make it an "obvious scam" in hindsight that people are going to be too embarrassed to report it.
Posts like this to a point helps them, it cements the idea that you have to be really dumb to fall for it, thus embarrassment.
Being kind to victims is really important!
@hp I'd never shame the victim of a crime, or someone who was taken advantage of.
The parasitic scammers, however, are fair game.
Fuck those guys¹.
¹ not all men...of course.
