I'm noticing a suspiciously large number of new signups with names that look like they were generated by an algorithm.

Can the new folks within the past 48 hours or so please introduce themselves? Thanks!

Other admins: is anyone else seeing a recent bout of of signups with oddly-consistent random combinations of phonemes, all within the past 24-48 hours?

@kemonine @woozle

You can refer to those if you want to block:
https://mastodon.host/@gled/100074919126829366

The iptable list allows you to prevent that isp from reaching your instance, while the whois check is specific to the spammer.

If you want to block with the ruby console:
naughty_list.each { |ip| User.where("last_sign_in_ip << ?", ip).each { |u| puts u.account.username; u.account.suspended = true; u.account.save!; u.save! } }; 0