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:
They’re here and on Mastodon too.
Sometimes people respond with contextually sensible words, but its almost like they didn’t actually read what I said, just the topic of what I said.
I have been chalking it up to international userbase and possible translation issues, but maybe I’m encountering some bots? I would say its about 1/10 of my responses is kind of… Off?
This is also my anecdotal experience as well. Which sucks, because I’m autistic so I get accused of being a bot all the time…🙃
Listen buddy, after Covid the brain just never quite got back into the groove on online conversations for some of us. I feel very called out, lol.
There are a lot of bots, but some of us are legit just a little damaged.
LOL
considering my biggest loss from Reddit was Cannabis communities, I can relate to the brain damaged perspective.
(I do not think cannabis causes brain damage, but I have been known to say some dumb shit while stoned).
I tend to leave long rambling comments in replies after smoking a bowl sometimes
I made this comment on a post the other day, and I got this reply. I’ve read and reread it multiple times but I still can’t figure out what the hell they’re trying to say.
Now after reading your and OP’s comments, I’m wondering if I’ve also been replied to by a bot.
yeah NGL the double quotation has me super confused in their first line, I think this is a pretty good example of what I am talking about and I appreciate you bring it to the thread.
If I suspect a bot I just report. Fedi mods don’t like bots unlike commercial platforms that look the other way
tbh i think ive done this a few times now, scrolling lemmy half asleep. hopefully my non-native sounding english can show i’m a human though lol
The USA abandoned and betrayed its Afghani translators.
oh wow, the subject matter is not funny at all, but the joke is… Goddamn got me here.
They get plenty of traction too.
They’re here?
I’m getting suspicious of the relationship posts here. They follow a lot of the algorithm trends that take off on reddit, and I think some instances don’t screen on sign up for people looking to set up a bot
all the relationship ones on reddit are AI/ fake. its so preposterous sounding its not believable.
Yeah, they mostly show up at the subs with the most traffic, and of course, farm their way up before the account could be sold. Doesn’t help that Spezzit actively wants users to “curate” their profiles, so making it more difficult to investigate whether the account is a bot or not.
“ 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
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