I mean @qxva is banned so
I think it might also be an auto ban if the API detects a mass follow
@qxva was banned today.
He started pging (and did so a lot) almost a month ago. It’s not like we didn’t try to get him banned, either.
Password guessing (to steal the account) which is arguably more rule-breaking (since it’s illegal) than following everyone with a script.
I don’t think anyone has done this since they’re too dumb (and hopefully it won’t be doable soon - https://wasteof.money/posts/66d2ef377a4a6e673f8aaf79#comments-66d41a0b7a4a6e673f8ab15f ). It’s mostly just manual (although the original @2’s password was 1234 so not too hard).