Spam Followers

Spammers sometimes follow an account just to spam their links in their account name.

Removing Spam Followers

The below script automatically removes particular spam followers. It can be set in cron.

Installation

Install thusly.

Rootly:

apt update
apt install python3-virtualenv python3-pip

User:

git clone https://spacecruft.org/deepcrayon/mastodon
cd mastodon/
virtualenv -p python3 env
source env/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configure

Configure thusly.

Go to your Mastodon web page, click Development and New Application. Set permissions there.

Set URL for API and API password from above.

cp cp src/settings.py-dist src/settings.py
$EDITOR src/settings.py

Usage.

Use thusly.

cd mastodon/
source env/bin/activate

# Get Mastodon instance description, to make sure API url/password are ok.
./src/description

# XXX not yet
./src/rm-follower-spam

Status

Draft, not usable yet.

Copyright

Unofficial project, not part of official Mastodon software or website. Upstream sources under their respective copyrights.

License: GPLv3+.

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