Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago

BotDefense is leaving Reddit

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BotDefense is leaving Reddit

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago

Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit

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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.

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The amount of spam comments afterwards is going to make your average Reddit thread look like a modern Youtube comment section.

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