• Margot Robbie
    link
    718 months ago

    Reposts has always been a major issue on reddit, there are an infamous moderator who would delete posts with traction and repost it himself for karma.

    Using bots to duplicate comments on reposts is a new low though.

      • Margot Robbie
        link
        108 months ago

        It’s definitely not a new issue, but it’s only gotten worse since reddit has gone more and more mainstream.

        If you follow me on Lemmy since last year, you should know that I’ve always been extremely against having bots posting here.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          68 months ago

          I’ve always been extremely against having bots posting here.

          As are all who live to see such times.

          Except certain transparent bots that serve a clear, particular purpose. Like, we could have a bot that adds a new honorific to your description every time someone says, “oh hey, I saw a Margot Robbie on TV! Is that you?”

          MargotRobbieHonorificBot: That’s Her Esteemed Greatness The GOAT Academy Award Deserver And Future Empress Of The High Seas Margot Robbie!

          • Margot Robbie
            link
            58 months ago

            This bit is way funnier when it’s a real person saying it instead of a bot.

            • @[email protected]
              link
              fedilink
              18 months ago

              What if it’s an actress, does that count? Or is it like, yeah, that’s just her character saying that.

            • @vivavideri
              link
              08 months ago

              -insert [human] honorific string of adjectives here, on behalf of Margot Robbie.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      58 months ago

      moderator who would delete posts with traction and repost it himself for karma

      I’ve had this happen to me, it felt so fucking wrong lol. My thread got deleted by the mod and he reposted it as a sticky on his own name without so much mentioning me.

    • DumbAceDragon
      link
      fedilink
      English
      5
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      I had almost forgotten about him. Wouldn’t he also post obvious ads to the hundreds of communities he moderated, and bend the rules so that technically the posts belong?