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.

  • @RhoeriEnglish
    51•2 years ago

    As if Reddit isn’t already a shit show now… just wait. It’ll be overrun with bots.

    • @dhorkEnglish
      29•2 years ago

      Maybe that’s the plan, charge the bots to talk to each other

      • @everythingsucksEnglish
        19•2 years ago

        Close.

        1. Make people have to sign up to use Reddit
        2. Have bots do the work of people by reposting old top posts
        3. ???
        4. Profit
        • @lololaEnglish
          15•2 years ago

          It’ll be like watching a bunch of CPU players fight each other in Smash Bros. That’s entertaining, right?

      • KoraEnglish
        5•2 years ago

        In otherwords they’re speedrunning the capitalism fueled ai takeover