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.

  • seal_of_approval@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Reddit now:

    What’s your all-time favorite video game?

    u/totallynormaluser: “I’m sorry, but as an AI language model, I don’t have personal preferences or emotions, so I don’t have the ability to have a favorite video game.”

  • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

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

      • everythingsucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        1 year 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