Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoReddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months lateri.imgur.comimagemessage-square281fedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down115file-text
arrow-up11.37Karrow-down1imageReddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months lateri.imgur.comBlaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square281fedilinkfile-text
For the threads with the older one on the left: https://lemmy.world/post/14859950 (Thank you @Nelots@lemm.ee )
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI thought the names followed that format because that’s the format reddit used for suggestions when signing up. I think the accounts are kind of “warmed up” this way to make them harder for reddit to identify as bots when they’re used for vote manipulation. Like a bot that just voted in /r/politics threads world be easier to identify than one which comments here and there and gets a few upvotes itself.
I thought the names followed that format because that’s the format reddit used for suggestions when signing up.
I think the accounts are kind of “warmed up” this way to make them harder for reddit to identify as bots when they’re used for vote manipulation.
Like a bot that just voted in /r/politics threads world be easier to identify than one which comments here and there and gets a few upvotes itself.