I'm of the opinion that big fedi instances are more likely to be overwhelmed by spam to the degree that it affects their ability to handle other moderation duties.

I saw this first hand, thats why I added the autospam service to Pixelfed to classify likely spam so admins can focus on non-spam reports.

The result?

Pixelfed identifies and filters out spam better than any other fedi project making moderation much easier.

#pixeldev