Comment on Both have gotten way worse
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 10 months ago
chugs down cool, refreshing, non-exploitative Lemmy.
Oh jesus, you guys still drink those?
I sometimes go back to reddit to see what’s happening to it. Yup. It’s shitting itself.
Bot accounts everywhere in both comments and posts. It’s so common in fact that you just need to scroll a small post to figure out either OP or the commenter is a bot. also chugs Lemmy
Thankfully, Lemmy knows how to pump us full of bot-free content and have us asking for more.
How do you know which accounts are bots?
Go to any major post on reddit, especially crusty old reposts, and the thread will be filled with one sentence replies. Stuff that’s so generic it makes you fall asleep reading it, or just cringe from the fake enthusiasm. Sometimes there’s really good comments, but its because it was scraped from the comment section of the last time the image or meme was reposted. Sometimes, the comment will have nothing to do with anything at all because the bot had bad data. It’s kinda wild how awful some of the comment sections have gotten lately on there.
My personal theory on why bots are rampant now is a twofer. One reason being people leaving the platform, because of reddit api bs, or because of subs shutting down to protest, etc. And the other reason is that some folks are trying to get back at reddit by spamming bots, increasing how many there are.
Haha, so true! I had to stop sipping this refreshing Coca Cola to laugh!
A quick rundown.
Basically they make a reddit account, let it age like wine. You know, keep it in the basement with 0 post history of any kind for half a year or so. Maybe multiple. Than they activate it, it spam posts, and it never responds to users like a human would. Even stealing comments and such.
Those are the main symptoms. OP not responding to being called a bot is especially the major red flag most use.
did you see loginwall
You forgot that this place is filled with Reddit Refugees
That’s not true
looks at username
Hmmm…
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chugs down cool, refreshing, non-exploitative Lemmy.
Dang, wish it came in a large.
Bigger sizes automatically come with piss
GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Same assholes are here, in a smaller community, which makes their voices louder.
But thank god there’s no targeted ads!
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
don’t forget the tankies! they’re always there to blame “capitalism” for everything.
explodicle@local106.com 10 months ago
Everybody here: “lol he means those other assholes”
Sho@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have come across a few profiles that are just here to be trolls, but not many.