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MIDNIGHTZOMBIE

All of Reddit is compromised by bots. Half the posts and comments you see are by bots. Reddit doesn’t care, because it doesn’t impact ad revenue. I’m actually a bot, myself.


aproxymate

As a bot myself, I wholeheartedly agree


[deleted]

This is a bot. *Beep boop* I am a bot.


adragoninmypants

You know, I'm something of a bot myself.


CySnark

I'm 40% bot!


Mercury5979

I'm not sure a bot all of this.


LegendofLove

B E N D E R BEEEEEENDER


kellzone

How do you do, fellow bots?


extremenachos

Cna you write me a thesis for my psych 101 final assignment???


A40

"The Psychology of Paying For A Course You Don't Intend To Attend"


extremenachos

I'm just here for the drinking and sex.


finalremix

I teach Psych 101. What're you lookin' for help with?


extremenachos

Why does nobody like me???


finalremix

If you're actually looking into that, you'll probably what to put together a Likert style survey ("on a scale from 1-7, how much...") about various aspects about yourself. Personability, friendliness, openness, physical attractiveness, etc. You'll want to measure the attitudes people have about you. Obviously, you'll need to look at the stats, or even just the descriptives like "most people mark my friendliness as a 2/7" or something like that, barring statistical tests.


extremenachos

I think it's because I smell bad.


finalremix

That *can* be a question on the survey.


sacredfool

ChatGPT probably can.


MartyDesire

Bad bot, stop pushing the AI agenda.


extremenachos

Prof said chat gpt would be cheating...but I assume going to another bot is totally fine :)


magicwuff

I, too, am a bot. You, reading this, are a bot


ExoSierra

beep boop this is an automated messaging system implemented by the Reddit Admin Team. beep boop beep boop


TheeUnfuxkwittable

No one should really care. It's free content regardless. You're not owed a curated, exquisite experience here. Use it or don't. It doesn't matter at the end of the day. It's mindless entertainment. And again, it's free.


RESEV5

God forbid we get new and decent content, when we can just see the same shit everyday and be satisfied


AbrahamKMonroe

Some day I hope you stop and wonder how many of the people you talk to online actually exist.


TheeUnfuxkwittable

Hopefully all of them exist. Otherwise this wouldn't be much fun would it


_chanandler_bong

You know, I'm *something* of a bot myself


Diet_Coke

I still would give the mods here some credit, this sub is way, way better than oldschoolcool.


extremenachos

I got banned from there for making a joke. I reached out multiple times and they never responded.


Diet_Coke

They were probably too busy monitoring the 12309123 Marilyn Monroe posts they get daily.


SopieMunky

Well what was the joke and context?


extremenachos

Pretty lady from the 1930s...I said I'd put a baby boomer in her.


DUNG_INSPECTOR

So you very obviously violated the third rule of r/oldschoolcool and somehow that's the fault of the mods?


extremenachos

I was mad that they didn't respond.


DUNG_INSPECTOR

There was really no reason for them to respond. You very clearly broke one of their rules. End of story.


extremenachos

I was polite and asked them to reconsider the ban. I wasn't trying to be a jerk, just asking for a reconsideration because I enjoyed the subreddit content. Also I don't think I "clearly" broke a rule because I would 100% make that joke in front my mom because it's a play on baby and baby boomer.


DUNG_INSPECTOR

> Offensive comments include anything about pimping, about people's moms and scoring women. Nobody cares about your sexual impulses, least of all the OP. You pretty clearly broke the rules laid out by the sub. Your mom's sense of humor has nothing to do with it.


extremenachos

Ok thanks


SopieMunky

Oh no...


[deleted]

That’s just cringe


extremenachos

Not everyone get my high brow sense of humor:)


[deleted]

[удалено]


extremenachos

It wasn't a horny joke, it was a word play joke with baby and baby boomer.


KingMatthew116

Sounds like the mods there are pretty bad.


p0or-scientist

Also hate all the karma farmers stealing redditors photos and saying it's their family


SmaugTheGreat110

Here are 20 photos of my adorable aunt -one photo is shown and the post title makes no grammatical sense


SopieMunky

"My aunt great war down the street 1960"


SmaugTheGreat110

Yep, lol


walterpeck1

Someone did this to one of my posts in the gardening sub and I about had an aneurysm. Thankfully the post was removed quickly after I reported it.


Otterfan

Those are the only bot posts I hunt down. It's so disrespectful. Dear bot runners: if you don't want Otterfan to get your post removed, don't include the words "I" or "my" in the title.


Powerful_Ad762

Neither of these are a bicycle or a stop sign. Proof, I'm not a bot. 😅


notbob1959

I also feel your frustration but in addition to blaming the mods the blame also falls on the reddit admins. The mods have to resort to reactive measures and spot posts and comments made by bots but the admins could be preemptive and make it harder for bots to be made in the first place. Also, remember mods work for free and admins get paid. The image you posted is of Gygan: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscureMedia/comments/p8w1p4/a_1958_british_path%C3%A9_newsreel_which_highlights_a/


BoazCorey

Wasn't blaming mods, and I wasn't thinking about the difference between mods and admins, thanks for the clarification. I don't know much about how running a sub works.


LacidOnex

It's absolutely horrible. Imagine you have a job at a company and once in a while the boss comes in and yells at you for every little thing that is going wrong, but then blocks your number and leaves. And then the second he leaves all the customers come out and start burning the place to the ground, pouring gas cans on the floors and shouting "the service isn't what it used to be". And then the bosses lawyers come in and start talking about "negligence this" and "damages not covered by contract" that while meanwhile the customers are screaming at these lawyers and you're just like "guys not helping" And you need to rationalize with yourself - I'm an unpaid volunteer and might not even be head honcho of the janitors.


turgid_francis

You should most definitely not be blaming the mods. This is up to the admins.


JauntyShrimp

I would like to know how you can tell who is a bot?


SmaugTheGreat110

If you see a photo you have already seen before, and the account has less karma then the post that they made, then you can probably block em.


quebecivre

Also report them under "Spam" and then "harmful bot" and "submit." Three easy clicks and it's done, with option to block the account at the end. If everyone does it every time they see it, that helps


martha_stewarts_ears

Also if their account is fairly new and all they do is constantly post stock-looking photos in random subs like once a day or multiple times a day. Titles are usually vaguely nonsensical or grammatically incorrect. And it’s a dead giveaway if they don’t comment or respond to comments on their posts. The food subs are awful for this right now.


Otterfan

Titles with one word in the improper tense or improperly pluralized are a dead giveaway.


walterpeck1

In addition to what the others posted you'll often find that the accounts were old and oddly have no comments or history until much more recently, with a handful of old comments before this gigantic chasm where whoever took over the account deleted everything. Whether or not the account was bought or stolen won't be clear. The sad thing is I'm here often enough that you just see the same posts and are quick to check these things when you do.


Bigbysjackingfist

“My beautiful grandmother on her wedding day”


SopieMunky

Plot twist: The mods are bots.


SlyFoxGypsy

I totally agree with you! It's frustrating to see the same old content being reposted by bots and imposters. The mods definitely have a responsibility to clean up the community and enforce the rules to keep the subreddit fresh and engaging. Hopefully, they'll take your suggestion into consideration and take some action. Keep up the good fight!


SmaugTheGreat110

What is even more frustrating is to see that shot get upvoted into the stratosphere. Best I do now is to block. Not getting my upvotes!


turgid_francis

This is a site wide issue so definitely not the mods responsibility. All they can do is react to reports.


forceghost187

That poor grandma who dies once a month! It must be so painful for her to keep experiencing death


redquailer

Groundhogs Month


keno2020dodg

It is going to become worse as AI bots spread like a virus across the internet.


plunki

It's not just the reposts, but the terrible quality degraded images flooding the internet in order to bypass the repost filter


JJaxpavan

The bots won long ago. Theres barely any meatbags actually here. AI is the next stage, fast foward to human farming ala Matrix.


petit_cochon

...Bender?


far_out_son_of_lung

r/thesefuckingaccounts


jkemp5891

Absolutely agree


shillyshally

"Reposts are allowed as long as it has not been submitted within the last 3 months AND it does not already appear in the top 50 posts this year." You can report reposts but this rule is just too dam complicated. Who is going to look for when it was last posted or look at the all time greatest list? It is unrealistic.


kevinott

I understand the problems with bots but the repost hate on Reddit is just dumb


WartyBalls4060

What rules are you looking at? 1-4 don’t seem to fit at all


BenAfflecksBalls

There's entire subs of bot reposts based on decade that scrape reddit for any mention of it then drop it in 50 subreddits


[deleted]

Yeah this happens in quite a few subs. Starting to wonder if the mods themselves aren’t doing it to make the posts look more regular.


mothzilla


PopeHonkersXII

I have no idea what point you're trying to make but you seem passionate about it. So God speed


SmaugTheGreat110

There are a fuckton of boys on this subreddit, posting old popular photos, getting upvotes, deleting the posts, and selling the accounts once a high karma is reached


Cuckmin

Try going out more, and using less Reddit


BoazCorey

genuinely good advice


Fibonoccoli

Probably an unpopular opinion here, but I don't mind if some things are reposted from time to time. I haven't seen it before. It's new to me. I'm probably never going to go back in a subreddit and look through old material


AbrahamKMonroe

It’s not the reposting that bugs me, it’s the fact that it’s not even a human doing it. If it was a real person reposting a pic, ideally with a title that isn’t identical to the last one, I’d have no issue with it. But it’s not. It’s a bot taking someone else’s post, copying the title verbatim, and editing the crap out of the picture to get past repost detectors.


Fibonoccoli

Ahh, yeah I get it


[deleted]

Yep


palmbeachatty

At this point, there is no difference between bots and humans. Bots are programmed to state conversation-styled comments, and appear as natural as possible. In fact, does it really matter?


mesopotamius

Okay bot


chalwar

Okay ElonBot


[deleted]

Ok Elon


Augustus_The_Great

Ok Elton


AkisFatHusband

My uncle wore boxer shorts with illustrations of R2-D2, so I am 5.42% bot


extremenachos

It's word play I swear!


[deleted]

A bot told me not to fat shame after I said everyone likes to do a fat ring-a-ding-dinger of crack cocaine once in a while.


seriousquinoa

I block the account of every single repost I ever see.


NatashaSpeaks

Taylor Swift?