Yes it is. The top 20 fastest growing instances on https://fedidb.org/current-events/threadiverse could be suffering from bot signup. Bit of a bummer.

Could it be because r/ModCoord recommended moving to kbin, lemmy etc.?

Oh another theory is that Hexbear started federating. But who are Hexbear?

Malicious compliance from both the mods and the users! I dust off my account to upvote it.

Could you provide the source for “The API/3PA changes affect like 5-10% of users”？

Wait, in kindergarten you guys had workbooks already?

I search the title on lemmy.world, and got this: https://lemmy.world/post/114305