We are aware of an ongoing wave of subscription spam throughout the fediverse.

We are investigating avenues to mitigate this, but they will likely involve deep changes in the sign-up flow that may break sign-up from existing applications.

In the meantime, you can find helpful resources at https://about.iftas.org/2026/09/11/boom-protocol-spam/

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@MastodonEngineering

How about a mandatory default to "No Open Enrollments"?

Like, you know, @Mastodon dot Social

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Last Checked: 2026-09-23 06:01

Signups Open: Yes

I see...

Here: https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/mastodon.social

#Mastodon #BPSpam #OpenEnrollment

@FinchHaven @MastodonEngineering @Mastodon I'm relatively certain that is in fact the default at install, along with a warning before allowing new account creation.

Very few of these spam campaigns federate across the network, they tend to be a local problem, so if you have the tooling and/or staff to deal with it...