HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoReddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Redditarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldreddit@lemdro.idRedditMigration@kbin.socialtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1707arrow-down1external-linkReddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Redditarstechnica.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square85linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldreddit@lemdro.idRedditMigration@kbin.socialtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareDoug Holland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73arrow-down2·3 years agoMy guesstimate is that Reddit — with BotDefense up and running — was at least 20% bots posting articles and then bots having conversations about those bot-posted articles. Without BotDefense? Yikes.
minus-squareTeoTwawki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·3 years agoMan the bots aren’t even good at hiding they are bots anymore. That was just spammed in a news article over and over for hours.
My guesstimate is that Reddit — with BotDefense up and running — was at least 20% bots posting articles and then bots having conversations about those bot-posted articles. Without BotDefense? Yikes.
Man the bots aren’t even good at hiding they are bots anymore.
That was just spammed in a news article over and over for hours.