Reddit just became a lot more friendly to bots, and a lot less friendly to humans. Their block list covered 144,926 bot accounts. All those and more are going to get unleashed.
BotDefense is wrapping up operations on Reddit, due to the infeasibility of doing their work effectively in the aftermath of Reddit's API changes
https://www.reddit.com/r/BotDefense/comments/14riw76/botdefense_is_wrapping_up_operations/
8 Comments
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee · 28 pts · 3y
More bots mean more engagement.
/s
subterfuge@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
Just like Twitter
CookieJarObserver@feddit.de · 6 pts · 3y
AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 3y
Lol
Reddit is run by fools
CrypticCoffee@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 3y
One that seems to look up to someone who has shown how not to run a social media company. It's quite pathetic really.
noodlejetski@beehaw.org · 7 pts · 3y
oh no
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 3y
Anyway...
Yeah2206@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 3y
Next episode: Incursion of the Bods.
Pips@lemmy.film · 1 pts · 3y
In other news, the mod of that sub seems like kind of a raging jackass.