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I'm sure it's not massively known quite yet, so I'll mention them again:

There's a Fedi scraper on multiple instances that's been here for about 6 months now. It won't go away.

Search for "Awakari" on your instance and block/report every account with the same profile pic, as a data scraper.

I've posted about them 7 or 8 times now because they've made multiple instances to ban evade. Those instances include Awakari.com, Awakari.app, and Indy.rest

The owner is Akurilov@mastodon.social

Just thought I should keep mentioning them for the new users that haven't blocked them yet, as Mastodon Gmbh seems content with allowing them to operate from their instance.

#Fediblock #Fedi #Fediverse #Scraper #Mastodon

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[–] BeAware@social.beaware.live 4 points 6 months ago (7 children)

@mike@flipboard.social hi Mike, I think you might want to know that the owner of a widely blocked scraper is using your instance to block evade. His username is at the bottom of the post above☝️.

He replied to this very post before blocking me.

[–] mike@flipboard.social 1 points 6 months ago (6 children)

@BeAware@social.beaware.live thanks. on it. Cc @greg@flipboard.social

[–] BeAware@social.beaware.live 1 points 6 months ago (5 children)

@mike@flipboard.social @greg@flipboard.social thanks for the amazingly quick reply! Always on your toes!

[–] greg@flipboard.social 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

@BeAware@social.beaware.live @mike@flipboard.social Should be taken care of now

[–] BeAware@social.beaware.live 2 points 6 months ago

@greg@flipboard.social @mike@flipboard.social thank you, friend.

Some don't agree with me that it's scraping because they follow the users they scrape.

However, I don't think simply following someone gives them permission to sell that user's posts.😬

[–] BeAware@social.beaware.live 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@greg@flipboard.social @mike@flipboard.social actually, the owner's account on your instance is still active. @akurilov@flipboard.social

[–] greg@flipboard.social 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@BeAware@social.beaware.live @mike@flipboard.social Thanks, I just suspended. Not sure how I missed that

[–] BeAware@social.beaware.live 1 points 6 months ago

@greg@flipboard.social @mike@flipboard.social thanks, friend. I appreciate both of you greatly.🙏

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