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If you received unwanted direct messages this morning, one way to mitigate this is by disallowing direct messages from accounts you aren’t following.

Navigate to Preferences, Settings, Notifications, and check the box labelled “Block direct messages from people you don’t follow”

—@admin

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So just a quick rundown of how social media platforms handle bitcoin scammers

🐦Twitter: Hell yeah we love that shit. Heck, we’re owned by a bitcoin scammer!

☁ Bluesky: look, free speech is free speech. But if you’d like to filter them out we’ll tag it “Finance Advice”

🐘 Mastodon: GET TAE FACK OUT AND DONNAE LET THE GOOD LORD SEE YAE LEAVIN

—@action_jay

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The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have a Point by admin

One of the more baffling events of the first quarter of 2023 was the mass protest in Oxford (England, not Mississippi) against the “15-minute city pledge,” a movement to get city councils to strive for cities where each neighborhood is a walkable place, with most amenities (groceries, schools, health care, employers, leisure activities) located within a pleasant 15-minute walk from your door. The 15-minute city is an extremely inoffensive and

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Hello Everyone,

This morning we have placed a temporary “limit” on the federation that we have with mastodon.social due to an influx of spam accounts. A “limit” will make posts from accounts at this domain invisible to anyone who isn’t following the posting user.

We are following up with the administrators of mastodon.social. Once more information is available, we will provide a report and make a follow up post on the official @hachyderm account.

Thank you,
The Mod Team

—@hachyderm