Comment on Bots ruined an once useful website with fake credentials that lead to nothing

• Cyyy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  i’m almost 30 and was using (or trying to use…) the site when i was around 14-16 years old. dunno when the site first released thought. i stopped bothering after trying countless hours for weeks to use the site… but people just spammed fake accounts.

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah yeah that explains it, I’ve got a few years on you. Bugmenot has been around since the early 2000s

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Come to think of it I think I may have heard about it from a magazine.

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      • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I kinda miss PC magazines. But then again, I kinda like not wasting paper more

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    • Cyyy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      damn, I didn’t expected BugMeBot being that old. Interesting.

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      • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, early 2000s was a great time for the internet. Tons of people making things and putting them on the internet for free or at the very worst, with a tiny ad from a banner ring at the bottom. Even early Facebook was awesome

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