General Bot Information Megathread: How do bots act? What kinds of things do they post? How do we identify them, and why do they exist?

Subliminal messaging in political propaganda posts by bot accounts

Uncovering emerging bot network

I need to know where to talk about my issues and (hopefully) improve as a person without risking getting advice by bots? (Hope that's the right flair)

I discovered a small Bot-Network of 33 accounts during academic research. Can I report this to Reddit?

Potentially both bots.

This reddit cosmetics Ad with 2000 botted comments

Stumbled upon a political spam bot. Over 50 reposts of the same article and over 100 posts per day.

Advertisement filled to the brim with what I believe are bots

Who created these? Why?

They're evolving..

I noticed something [Repost Bots]

Reddit no longer allows users to create API tokens without going through an approval process (TL;DR: Expect a decrease in bot spam)

Are there any strategies to assess a suspected bot that hides their activity?

Old Analysis of Bot Tactics in UFOs Sub

Looks like /r/LabradorRetrievers and /r/goldenretriever are being targeted by an active bot wave. Some of the non-original posts are from 6h old accounts. With a frequent commenter who uses the same 3 emojis on every single one of their dog-sub comments.

Neptune astroturfing for prenups. Giving bad relationship advice too

New karma farming strategy?

r/remote work is the new r/linkedinlunatics

What is this account up to? It seems to re-selfpost possibly everything on the site to its own profile.

Alright, guys, and mods, it's time to talk about it

OF bots have taken over IndianFashionIcons in the last day or 2

What even is this sub? This one is the most canny I've come across

Programming Subreddit Seems Infested by Pro-Corporate Bots

bot infested sub r/vampires