Brad Pitt @lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThoughts on reddit reposter bots?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up171file-text
arrow-up171message-squareThoughts on reddit reposter bots?Brad Pitt @lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoAn actual bot can be coded to post every few hours, or even only post if a non bot hasn’t posted in x amount of time What’s worse is when a real human takes posts from reddit and spams them for a couple hours all over Lemmy. I have no idea how many accounts I’ve blocked for spamming “memes” like that, but it’s safely in the double digits.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoThe NSFW subs are horrible about it. Someone makes a new one and then posts dozens of pictures that all show up at once.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoEven worse is the “sfw” ones. There was one account that made like 5 general ones for celebrities, and then a specific sub for every celebrity. So if he posted once, he posted 5 times in a row. When I blocked him, there was like 100+ subs. It made browsing /all unbearable.
An actual bot can be coded to post every few hours, or even only post if a non bot hasn’t posted in x amount of time
What’s worse is when a real human takes posts from reddit and spams them for a couple hours all over Lemmy.
I have no idea how many accounts I’ve blocked for spamming “memes” like that, but it’s safely in the double digits.
The NSFW subs are horrible about it. Someone makes a new one and then posts dozens of pictures that all show up at once.
Even worse is the “sfw” ones.
There was one account that made like 5 general ones for celebrities, and then a specific sub for every celebrity. So if he posted once, he posted 5 times in a row.
When I blocked him, there was like 100+ subs. It made browsing /all unbearable.