IFTAS on nostr

Hrm, it shows up on my view, came up immediately.

Anyhoo, here's the quote:

Important: mastodon.cloud will be shutting down on Aug 10

https://mastodon.cloud/@TheAdmin/116880479865941905

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RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@TheAdmin/116880479865941905

Reminder:

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IFTAS can see 2,343 un-actioned botnet accounts, and thousands more are likely hiding in plain sight. They’re spewing spam every few minutes, cross-following, bridging, and federating hundreds of t...

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@IFTAS 1785803461

IFTAS can see 2,343 un-actioned botnet accounts, and thousands more are likely hiding in plain sight.

They’re spewing spam every few minutes, cross-following, bridging, and federating hundreds of thousands of unwanted posts.

And server admins are footing the bill.

While we can't shut them down, we can help you block them.

If a service goes at least 22 days without taking action on reported accounts, it becomes eligible for this denylist: https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/

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IFTAS @IFTAS 1785802607

they were meant to be clicked on, but I get your point and have edited the links to not be clickable. Cut n paste as needed.

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@IFTAS 1785792265

If you haven't yet silenced the following domains, you are potentially federating non-stop pro-Russian state-sponsored spam and slopaganda.

Local timelines make it very clear these services are overrun, abandoned spam factories with 150-300 bot accounts posting 24/7.

https://zirk.us/public/local
https://sigmoid.social/public/local
https://social.roadfm.fr/public/local
todon.ploud.fr (appears to be offline at the moment)
https://truthsocial.co.in/public/local

See https://about.iftas.org/iftas-abandoned-unmanaged-denylist-output/ for suspend vs silence recommendations.

note12n93j...

IFTAS @IFTAS 1785513505

Please be cautious, Omnibus includes CARIAD, which is not IFTAS-labelled, it is purely a reflection of the most common blocks seen on the domains we observe. I recommend reviewing the output before adopting: https://about.iftas.org/iftas-cariad-list-output/

(If there's interest, I could consider a simpler DNI+AUD aggregated file)

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@IFTAS 1785498278

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this year’s Social Web Operations Survey! 💙

Whether you're running a personal node or managing a massive community, your feedback gives us the info we need to build better tools, guidance, and support for frontline operators.

When the report is final we'll post it here, and directly to participants if they opted-in.

To everyone helping build the next generation of ethical social: thank you for everything you do!

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@IFTAS 1785427221

The annual IFTAS survey closes tonight!

We're seeing a bunch of last minute entries, please be sure to take just 5 minutes and tell us how you're doing, what you need, what's working, what's not...

Your responses inform platform development, moderation and admin tooling, regulations... and everything is 100% confidential and deidentified.

12 hours to go!

➡️ https://tally.so/r/81MW6k

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@IFTAS 1785415585

RE: https://about.iftas.org/2026/07/30/deprecation-notice-cariad-domain-observatory-transition/

Please be aware of our upcoming transition for the CARIAD domain observatory, and the new CARIAD files available.

note1yujms...

IFTAS @IFTAS 1785370769

I believe you can set up a Charitable Incorporated Organisation using a solicitor's address, just your legal name would be on record I think.

Good info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_incorporated_organisation - and have a chat with a solicitor to be sure.

note1wddta...

IFTAS @IFTAS 1785361053

definitely needs to be done better next time, I'll work on making it easier.

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