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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

BotDefense is leaving Reddit

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BotDefense is leaving Reddit

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

cross-posted to:
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Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit

arstechnica.com

Mod-made tool claims to have banned 144,926 spambot accounts.

Title says it all. If you think Reddit’s been trending down lately, just wait.

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Maybe that’s the plan, charge the bots to talk to each other
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  Close.
  
  Make people have to sign up to use Reddit
  
  Have bots do the work of people by reposting old top posts
  
  ???
  
  Profit

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