Reddit @lemmy.world lemme in @lemm.ee 1 mo. ago

Possibly thousands of bots subscribed to multiple subreddits

Not sure what's going on here, thousands of bots just subscribed with no new posts or comments

source

https://reddit.com/comments/1ft95xz

https://reddit.com/comments/1fsx5s5

https://reddit.com/r/modsupport

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Conspiracy theory: Spez is orchestrating some sort of pump & dump scheme.
- I mean, as long as the bots click on ads, everyone is happy? Riiight?
  
  Companies paying for bots so that other companies pay them for bot clicks. This is truly the worst timeline.
- That could really be it
- Alwayshasbeen.meme
  
  🌎👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀
r/TheDahmerCase has been banned from Reddit

Yes, we reported that. We've done nothing wrong, only noticed the 2500 sudden members today and someone else had the same issue today and then their sub was also banned, so it's not just us. And we were both banned for 'spam'. I think Reddit has been hacked.

Reddit has negative respect towards the small communities, eh. The same ones that used to make that place fun, in contrast with overgrown shitholes like r/[we try to be]funny.
- Reddit is only good for massively reposted memes at this point. Any real communities with any semblance of civility are better on Lemmy, in my opinion, thanks to Reddit's policy of shooting themselves in the foot.
  
  Edit: even with memes, I've found Lemmy to be the better option.
  
  I want /r/3dprinting ! The communities on Lemmy are dead
  
  Especially memes, tbh. You can see the bots more easily when they try for humor, makes the reddit communities for it feel so uncanny.
- Yep, sooo glad I left Reddit for good. Haven't been back at all since I quit and came to Lemmy.
jumped to 5k members

I wonder, could it be related to this?

Reddit says it will review requests to make communities private or NSFW within 24 hours. For smaller or newer communities — under 5,000 members or less than 30 days old — requests will be approved automatically.
- Ding ding ding. Make it technically possible to private the sub, but then add 5000 bots to every new sub so it’s not actually possible.
  
  I'm sure the growth was completely organic. /s
  
  Yep! Very sus.
- You're probably right, that's crazy
Maaannn my Masters Dissertation was on Distributed SQL, 25 years ago.
Lemmy is way more susceptable to bots than Reddit is, we just don't see it as much because we're a lot smaller. But if Lemmy grows, it'll become a major problem for us too.
- Indeed, but then we'll figure something out. Trust models between users can probably be implemented to spot suspicious bot accounts
  
  but then we’ll figure something out.
  
  It’s not a trivial problem to solve lol
- I already get accused of being a bot daily because I post stuff that people don't like. Lemmy is gonna get real interesting as it grows. lol
Fuck reddit RIP 2023 for me and its been great.

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