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Lemmy Support

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There have appeared hundreds of communities on my instance I have never searched. Where do they come from? Is it some spam attack? How do I prevent this, and how do I get rid of them?

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[–] RoundSparrow@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

it’s hard for me to believe that 11 users could have searched so many communities

There are a half-dozen scripts that do this automatically. It's entirely believable.