Just checked in on the subreddit mentioned in this post. It’s still getting bot posts in the same style, which get upvoted accordingly and commented on with the vast majority not noticing or caring that it’s slop. Mods still out to lunch.
Likewise, there’s now a post on /r/all (seen using old.reddit, the only way to get to it now) at #10 and climbing with the same style but targeting povertyfinance, a bigger sub (one with a pinned message claiming to be a “heavily moderated subreddit”). If you look at the users, you can see the details of how they create a couple comments in random subs until one of those comments get several dozen upvotes, then go for the viral post. All accounts make a move around 8 days after creation. And it’s working, no problem.
Two bot profiles that just reached this point for comparison/posterity:
“ All accounts make a move around 8 days after creation. And it’s working, no problem.”
That’s probably a result of a lot of subs prohibiting comments from accounts less than seven days old.
I’d say it’s worse than that. A lot of subs are now limited by karma as well, thus getting your first 100 can now take upwards of a month. This is primarily because the subs that do allow posting have become overrun by new accounts and bots.
The new user experience has become atrociously bad, with a lot of users complaining on r/newtoreddit. Many end up getting pushed away and leaving. Without new users, bots have less competition. Makes for an all-around terrible experience for all users, new and old.
That’s a very interesting sub that I never knew about…off down the rabbit hole
Mods: “That’s it… I’m making it so they have to be 9 days old now… And permabanning the first commenter I get from the announcement. Fuck yeah, now I’m modding!” Cracks open a Fresca