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.

  • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
    521·
    1 year ago

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

      • everythingsucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        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
        • lolola@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          1 year ago

          It’ll be like watching a bunch of CPU players fight each other in Smash Bros. That’s entertaining, right?