cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52942832

The community is only 13 days old. Frequently I see post on all from either the mod or new accounts all ranting about bch or related sites and they’re all super excited to tell you about it. I mean look at the pinned post and replies for goodness sake.

All new accounts. All just loving bch so much and super excited to tell you about it. A lot of the posts have strikingly similar formats too. Like bold sub-title paragraph of text and repeat. Reeks of botting/astroturfing. Just me or nah? Im going to post again regarding lemmy being cool with bots auto posting links to off site frequently, but that’s a rant for another day.

    • CTDummy@lemm.eeOP
      6·
      3 days ago

      That’s my assumption as well but haven’t seen this one get much attention thus far.

      • Snot FlickermanEnglish
        7·
        3 days ago

        All the accounts are from the same instance so it literally could be just the admin making all the accounts.

  • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
    13·
    2 days ago

    I appreciate them clustering together on a single instance, much easier to block.

  • Snot FlickermanEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    Rules say no ads but the moderator posts nothing but what amount to ads for bitcoin cash.

    It’s thankfully its own instance, which we can block easily, and it has a really small user base so far, just 19 subscribers.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s all bots, especially since every single one is a user at @realbitcoin.cash. It would seem more organic if ANY of the posts by ANY of the users were from ANY other instance, but when they’re all on the same instance, it certainly feels like someone spun up an instance, made a lot of accounts, and just started posting with them all. It’s literally trivial to do if you run an instance.

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    “Bots” wasn’t the first thing that came to mind when I considered what the Bitcoin Cash community might be full of, actually.

    But, yes. I’d be not even a little surprised if it was full of bots too.

  • Agrivar@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    At least part of the problem is just how many bandwagoning NPCs are obsessed with crypto. Their posts sound like bots because most of them have no original thoughts of their own.