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Made this as a way to talk about moderation more freely, to maintain some lists, to learn, and to share the occasional funny or scary story about it.
The list doesn't only track follow farming. Spamming mass follows is also highly inauthentic behavior (even when well-intentioned).
The situation in Palestine is horrific, but the best way for an honest person to not be on a list like this is to operate in a way that doesn't look scammy.
Suspension-evading "backup" accounts aren't normally going to be detected for the follow farming list, but they're not hard to find and add manually.
Suspension-evading "backup" accounts aren't normally going to be detected for the follow farming list, but they're not hard to find and add manually.
And today baron333 and dcombes were suspended along with hundreds of others I didn't recognize.
As always, will have to wait to know if it's permanent.
Got an unintended compliment today when a person who chose John Galt as their Internet name called me an idiot.
Thank your for your patience, the issue has been resolved.
Checked my blocked mentions today for the first time in a while.
Boy do people love telling themselves a story about whoever puts them on a moderation list.
But spreading misinformation about me also confirms they belong on the list.
Oh no.
Me too! On my main account. So quiet back then but not anymore!
You'll want to read this thread bsky.app/profile/tale...
What is #followfarming, and why is it problematic?
Short answer: It's when you try to build followers so rapidly that it becomes fertile ground for misuse. It might use hashtags, starter packs, or something else to connect many together, where all are expected to follow back.
Longer: See image 1/7
