# What are these?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-these/416418>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 3, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-these/416418 "2026-11-03T14:03:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![putty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/putty/32/370902_2.png) [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-these/416418/3 "2026-11-03T14:25:00Z")

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> [@Johnny\_McIvor](#):
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> Set 2: More insidious. Random IPs, accounts seem to be created automatically
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> ![Screenshot at 2026-11-03 09-00-02](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/b/c/cbc6f6149c0ee8d7200b6ae9c32220f9064fe96b.png)
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> What is this person trying to do?

This was [similarly reported here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-that-have-never-been-seen-or-activated/416360).

> **I had a wave of these as well**
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> ![CleanShot 2026-11-02 at 16.34.11](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/2/1/8213869f5f6691943e58eed33381e144625fb207.png)

Per Kris’s recommendation you can filter by IP and delete/block:

> [@New users that have never been Seen or Activated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-that-have-never-been-seen-or-activated/416360/3):
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> From `admin/users/list/new` there’s a “not activated” filter
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/b/a/9ba10cd41bf74664b6a31d8f58899e4b6d660906.png)
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> From here you can click the icon over the avatar in the table header to enter bulk select mode. You can delete accounts this way if needed.

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