None of those instances validates anything at signup.
Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list
In contrast, here’s the list of the top 10 real instances based on user activity (with lemmy.world being #1, followed by lemmy.ml and beehaw.org):
This is an opinion without anything backing it up but a grouping of instances with a lot of users. I believe that there are a lot of bot accounts, but you need to do more than just state a hunch, friend.
I suspect the bot problem will be real for a bit before coded mitigations/solutions are developed.
Considering how much new content I’m seeing on various instances, I don’t have any reason to doubt that large numbers of actual people are creating most of the new accounts.
So now it’s recommended that user activity is taken into account instead of pure user count. With that, these are the top 10 instances sorted by user activity, with lemmy.world being #1, followed by lemmy.ml and beehaw.org:
Here’s a link to a post that was made by the mod of lemm.ee, who says in the post , “There is currently a huge wave of automated spambot sign-ups on other Lemmy instances.”
https://lemmy.world/post/378640
In the post he also includes a list of instances that he thinks are affected with these bots. Here’s the link to that. It looks like the instances that are in your top 10 list are on his list too.
Appreciate the links. It’s great to see another real top-10 instance owner looking into the issue. I know lemmy.world’s admin has been doing a fantastic job keeping this instance running smoothly for real users.
I’m not sure how what you posted proves what you’re saying?
Which part is unclear to you?
All I see is proof that the biggest instances have the most users.
Your statement doesn’t account for thousands of people who had issues during signup. Nor does it account for thousands of people who have accounts but don’t post/comment/interact.
I get your sentiment but it doesn’t match data that tracking websites are showing. A lot of these 40,000- and 50,000-user instances literally have fewer than 10 active users (most have only 2 or 3). For comparison, lemmy.world currently has 45,000 users with around 12,000 active users (see screenshot below).
I’m not bashing lemmy (I love it, actually), but the bot signup situation has gotten really bad this week.
