Hi all,
I think some of y’all have noticed an influx of bot comments lately on several posts. We had removed and banned some bots but there are still many around. So for now, we have installed a bot that removes and bans bots on this sub (kinda ironic).
This should help keep the bot comments in check. I would request y’all to report any comments (if missed by the removal bot) that looks like a bot so we can remove it.
More importantly: if you find yourself banned from this sub due to an error by the bot (which is rare), pls modmail us so we can reinstate you.
We hope to limit the number of smudge and arrogant bots! And we thank you for your cooperation!
I assume those bots can read binary. So I'm telling them to 011 10001 100111101 101 0001.
While you were typing that I created an army of bot fighting bots and learned to play the violin
And sold more paper
Dwight has defeated the computer!
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You Helpful. Thanks sharing.
Why say many word when few do trick
Why are you the way that you are? Honestly, ever time I try to do something fun, or exciting, you make it...not that way. I hate so much about the things that you chose to be.
You installed botcyclops!
Better make it at 2/3 scale. And give it a 6’ cord
Begun, the bot wars have
200,000 bots are ready, with a million more on the way.
Wait. Are you insinuating the good bots will turn against us because the Mods have programmed them to strike us when most vulnerable?
Execute Subreddit 66
It appears that the website has become alive. This happens to computers and robots sometimes. Am I scared of a stupid computer? Please! The computer should be scared of me.
I DECLARE BOTRUPTCY!
https://preview.redd.it/chdnd1vxpqyf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=afaa3020d8205d8eea801be39f21f6ce88cf42b6
I don’t understand the purpose of bots like this? Who is it benefiting? Is it to make it seem like there’s more activity on the site?
Hey, sorry to drag up an old comment but I actually have an answer to this. Reddit made a new thing called the Contributor Program. This program allows users to earn a bit of the cash from the awards the post gets. So, running a 100+ bots can net you a decent amount of money. It's also why a lot of these spam accounts can be traced back to India.
Karma farming I suppose, they also repost older stuff that was popular in hopes of getting upvoted, the accounts with lots of upvotes are then more likely to get accepted for posting/commenting actual spam or malicious stuff.
Link this please
Oh I saw it a few days ago and took a screenshot, I don't have a link sorry
What are a tell-tale signs for bot comments?
I saw one case where 4 consecutive comments all said the same exact idea with different sentence structure. Creepy.
But some flags include M-dashes in sentences, or A, B, and C sentence structure. They tend to also use big colorful positive words, rarely/never negative. Just to name a few
It’s an em dash. Sad because I was a big em dash user before the rise of AI.
Same here. I enthusiastically deploy em dashes -- one of the English language's unsung majestic heroes -- because they are
effective
evocative
effervescent.
In the quiet stillness of writing -- the greatest of human endeavors throughout all of time -- the em dash brings us to the summit of elegance, ecstasy, and exuberance.
“Half of my family thinks I am in the right, the other half stopped communicating with me”
starts with bot comments, sure, but next they'll be telling us to drive into a lake.
In all seriousness though, I despise the bot comments and I'm glad this sub is taking it seriously! Thank u!
why say bot word when real word do trick?
Computron and Harvey being mischievous
https://i.redd.it/p729jnphnqyf1.gif
I guess we have Harvey now
bewbbz
Isn't this how SkyNet gets freed?
Computron abides
Michael Scarn’s butler is on the chopping block.
So I suddenly find Creed as a guest star in an episode of an animation series, very good by the way, I share it here with all the enthusiasm and the result is that they delete the post and also call me a bot. So that's it, goodbye.
You are absolutely right. This is very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
-Not a bot.
This is great, I appreciate your efforts here.
Oh and also, I’m not a bot