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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 190 points 3 months ago

So I'd say the posting frequency here on Lemmy is pretty good then!

[-] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 128 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hahahah! *«strAdditional_CommentDFF4»*

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 111 points 3 months ago

It's odd how often I <java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException> myself as well.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 73 points 3 months ago

Sure, I have an image like that: ![](data://hEmQAObamAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 48 points 3 months ago

As a large language model, I don't have an opinion on this subject.

[-] jared@mander.xyz 43 points 3 months ago
[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

this

Edit: Apparently some people missed the irony.

[-] techt@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

The italics are a nice hint. Good Poe's Law submission.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Except when the quantity is so low it is not even with checking.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Are you checking for hot, 6 hours and 12 hours? I think it defaults to active which does make it seem, ironically, less active.

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[-] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 136 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I was a bot hunter on reddit and was asked to mod /r/kittengifs because of my ability to find them. There were like 5 legitimate posts in 6 months

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 months ago

So, tangentially related to this, you know r/kitty? The subreddit where every post was a picture of a cat, and the only word permitted in the title and any comments was "Kitty"?

I'm convinced that was being used for covert communications. Run those pictures through Outguess or something.

[-] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 months ago

Ah yes, the famous Russian ~~Number~~ Kitty Stations

[-] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 23 points 3 months ago

There was r/catsstandingup(?) as well that just responded "cat." Never considered the conspiratorial angle there...

If I cared about reddit anymore, I'd dig into that

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mean I can think of worse ways to send messages to my sleeper cells across the surface web. I used to watch The Modern Rogue.

[-] Fedethot@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Do you mind share tips to know how to spot them?

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 19 points 3 months ago

This right here is a bot comment. Everyone take notes.

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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 64 points 3 months ago

I wonder if they didn't block the bot that approves content...

Haha, moderator approval on Reddit.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 31 points 3 months ago

Boggles the mind how they work for free for a business.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 57 points 3 months ago

Someone should start a reddit replacement and we should all move there last year

[-] nigh7y@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 months ago

That would be something, wouldn't it?

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 points 3 months ago

Poor little vasals on poor little anthills.

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

As a former mod, in my experience it was more having a place to engage a community, and helping that community grow and improve. Reddit being a million dollar company when I started and a billion dollar company when I left didn't really factor in. If you have a site split up into a million little communities, you need moderators that can have intimate knowledge of each community they oversee, and that's unreasonable for a company of any size to do in house. Otherwise you have Facebook style moderation where it's just plain dreadful no matter where you are.

Additionally, it really matters what sized sub you modded.

I modded mostly smaller subs, one big one for a while, and a default for 2 weeks. I put a lot of effort into the smaller subs, especially when it was just a few people whose usernames I recognized posting. I had little jokes hidden around, some cool CSS stuff, and some automated tasks. It was an enjoyable way to spend a couple hours a week. I didn't mind it.

The big sub I was on mostly through mutuals. I was known to be pretty decent with automod scripting, so I got brought in to deal with never ending spam. I would update the automod and check queue every couple days, no biggie. Then the rest of the mods all drifted offline, leaving me alone to either let the sun die or to try and maintain the damned thing.

I maintained it near single handedly for like 2 years. It was mostly adding more and more to automod, but a lot was manual approvals and deletions. It sucked and sapped all the fun out of an activity I used to enjoy. Wasn't the worst, but I wouldn't have joined in the first place had I known why would happen.

Default subs are a different beast entirely. They don't even use automod half the time. All of them have custom bots that link either a slack or discord, and everything is run externally through there. I decided to dip when I asked how tf all their tools worked and got refered to almost a damn knowledge base. That truly seemed awful and like it needed to be done by dedicated and paid employees.

Anyways, this comment spiraled, so sorry about that.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago

I am not a bot

That is what a bot would say

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[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago

Was anybody under the impression that it wasn't just account harvesting? It's been that way for years. All of the default subs have been that way for a long time. The biggest clue is when you see the same post on multiple different subs at the same time. Just have your bot swarm upvote posts so that they take off under hot and you're good.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 30 points 3 months ago

So I know my wife still uses Reddit, if the dead internet theory is to be believed either she's a bot or I'm a bot...

Can someone help me click this box?

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 27 points 3 months ago

Why are you still using reddit

Many niche subreddits, my country specific subreddit. I browse reddit along with lemmy but post only on lemmy.

[-] kireotick@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

This is the way

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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago

Because sometimes you need more posts than Lemmy can provide

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That’s kinda astonishing. I mean, I knew there were a lot of bots, but that many? That’s crazy. How did they filter for bots?

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[-] Zozano@lemy.lol 23 points 3 months ago

"A few year away"

Lol, have you tried searching for a "how to" article in the past five years?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 months ago

No wholesome humans left. Bots are nicer confirmed.

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[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago

... I am somehow completely missing two days worth of memories, completely blank.
I hope it's not related.

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 months ago

I misread that as Lemmy community for the same. Hopefully we are still got a lot of time before it hits us.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago
[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I had blocked that subreddit after few posts from there popped up in /r/all.

It was a hugbox of toxic positivity.

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