Why would the video vectors be stored and calculated on the server though, let alone be federated? Let alone stored on the instance? These things can be calculated instantly on the device.
Looks cool. It's pretty similar to how I thought of doing this as well. Do you have a prototype? You might be able to adjust the algorithm if you receive feedback from some PeerTube veterans.
Lemmy version 1.1.0 will include the ability for mods to remove votes. Hopefully also logged to the modlog, because we know some mods will use it for some other purpose.
Well yeah, there is no concrete evidence that it is the admin (or the admins). But the hints I found seem to be pointing that they are the one behind this. Of course there is a possibility that it is someone else, but it baffles me why anyone would leave the registrations open for 2 years, keep the instance running, but never interact with the fediverse through it themselves.
And this isn't exactly like kbin.social, the admin eventually did respond and close down the instance (not to mention, the admin was still communicating with the people). This instance and its bots have been going on for over 2 years, with not even a single sign of activity from the admin(s).
Nevertheless, defederation is the right thing to do right now. Unless concrete evidence is found, we could put this aside.
The bots are from those two instances as you can see in the screenshot. Furthermore, lemmy.doesnotexist.club has had dozens of bots since at least 2023 (2 years after domain creation. found via the web archive). Since at least 2023, the admin hasn't been doing anything, or even interacting with anyone. That account seems pretty much dead. But they keep hosting the instance for some reason. It is also a possibility that someone else indeed is using these two instances because they are "abandoned", but it is highly likely that it is the admin. It is very suspicious that the registrations have been open unguarded against bots since at least 2023. These two instances have been invaded with bots long ago, so defederation is still the right thing to do.
I also don't want to jump to conclusions, but I think the chances are pretty high that it indeed is the admin. It might lead us to whoever is behind the recent nicole spam.
Upon inspecting the actual websites, the registrations seem to be actually open for both instances with no email confirmation, captcha or manual approval as one user pointed out. I checked the Fediseer page for these instances. What is the update delay for Fediseer?
Sure, if it is text, it is pretty easy. Though the person behind this started using images, so optical image recognition might be needed, which would scan incoming PMs and check for certain words.
She has been banned from the LW instance for being a "Nazi Apologist". This is visible in the modlogs.