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Like, has an instance gone down and if so, why hasn't there been a comparable drop in users and comments?

Edit: Thanks to @example@reddthat.com here for pointing to zerobytes.monster becoming more aggressive against bots as the likely culprit.

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[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 135 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Believe it or not, they’re all Nicole posts removed by Lemmy.World /s

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sorry if this has already been discussed but is anyone else worried that “Nicole’s” pictures are from the webcam on a compromised computer? They’re always from the same angle and she’s not really posing for most of them

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I think that is the general consensus — that she is likely an unwitting victim

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 9 points 2 months ago

I believe someone found an account she did livestreams on somewhere, and the pictures are most likely screen grabs from those. The odds of the person in the pictures being behind the spam are pretty much nil.

[–] Zentron@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wuuut ? Everything mentioning nicole or just posts from "her" accounts ?

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only photos and written info that could identify her. The spam accounts probably get banned as they reported. I don’t know of any posts made by any account claiming to be her?

[–] Zentron@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tnx for the info , i meant the repost bots by "her"

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Repost bots? Do you have an example, either by way of link or screenshot?

[–] Zentron@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, not rly , i just hear about it from other people getting messages/seeing posts but i never recieved any

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The spam DMs are real, but I think the “reposts” are scuttlebutt based on people not understanding the screenshots of the DMs that they’ve seen in their feed

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 3 points 2 months ago

Everyone on the fediverse is Nicole and you can't prove otherwise.