2026-07-26 16:08 UTC
hey there 'shop member!
There's a low-level signal out there that might be more likely to intrude on our tiny little fediverse corner than some are. A number of accounts have been appearing with user names or profiles that include "bookclub" or "author" or claim to be one of us in some way, but have no verifyable existence outside of very bot-like engagement attempts once they have clocked your account as being writing-related.
I've taken out two in the past day. Please report this activity!
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@proprietor@wandering.shop 2026-07-26 16:11
These accounts are showing up in people's replies and superficially look very much like either a fellow writer interested in your work (but they clearly know nothing about you specifically) or a reader/fan who wants to "introduce" their "book club" to your work - and seems to think they need your input to do that, but also doesn't seem to know anything about your book, or maybe knows the title of a recent publication but not much else. Don't engage. I'm nearly certain these are LLM agents.