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Why do random communities appear on my instance? (random-hero.com)
submitted 1 year ago by pinkolik@random-hero.com to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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There have appeared hundreds of communities on my instance I have never searched. Where do they come from? Is it some spam attack? How do I prevent this, and how do I get rid of them?

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[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 3 points 1 year ago

Not just that but some legit users will use a script to populate a ton of communities.