For those of us that can’t open the screenshot and zoom:
roguetrick ( @roguetrick@kbin.social ) 19•9 months agoJust so you guys are aware, the point of those bots is they do the comment repost and once they get upvoted they edit their comment to provide links to a fake subreddit that contains links to Trojans/phishing software. It becomes wack a mole because when one account gets banned for malicious links, the runner has others to either edit their comment or start the next post.
The con they run is kind of complicated and they’ve been doing it for over a year.
AeroLemming ( @AeroLemming@lemm.ee ) English14•9 months agoThanks for letting me know I’m not crazy for getting mad deja vu reading through big comment chains recently. I wonder if this is a 3rd party karma farming/account selling operation or if Reddit is trying to make itself seem more populated.
Uranium3006 ( @Uranium3006@kbin.social ) 7•9 months agoPossibly both
AeroLemming ( @AeroLemming@lemm.ee ) English3•9 months agoYeah, could be. Being complicit in allowing third parties to do this gives an easy way to recycle content while still providing plausible(ish) deniability. Because these are exact copies, it would be pretty easy for Reddit to detect and ban these bots if they wanted to.
areyouevenreal ( @areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ) English10•9 months agoIt’s not about zooming. I zoomed in and you still can’t read the first image, because the image isn’t high quality enough. I am guessing it got compressed when you uploaded it to the image website. Stop being condescending when you’re the one who can’t upload a readable image.
There are 4 total images. If you can’t be bothered, just downvote and leave :).
areyouevenreal ( @areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ) English6•9 months agoI know.
The problem is you didn’t post that at first and instead of going “oh I made a mistake” you instead decided to claim other people were at fault and be a condescending little arsehole saying stuff like “for those who can’t screenshot and zoom” when it’s literally not possible because you don’t understand how digital images work and uploaded at too low a resolution and bitrate. Fucking wanker
The original post contained “For those of us that can’t open the screenshot and zoom:” and the 1st and only edit changed the title. But sure.
Scary le Poo ( @Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org ) English3•9 months agoAnd it’s not really readable. Just take the L and use higher quality in the future.
AnimorphFan1996 ( @AnimorphFan1996@lemmy.whynotdrs.org ) English7•9 months agoCan you provide links to the Reddit posts in the screenshots? I found the post on the right, but I couldn’t find the post on the left. If it was deleted, then it could be available in an archive.
Here you dorks go!
It seems a lot of these accounts are being banned, because this post garnered a lot of attention: https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/16zz0gl/late_stage_reddit_bots_talking_to_each_other/
Edit: Format + Cleaned tracking links
AnimorphFan1996 ( @AnimorphFan1996@lemmy.whynotdrs.org ) English4•9 months agoPerfect –– thank you!
toxicbubble420 ( @toxicbubble420@beehaw.org ) English6•9 months agothe future of the Internet will be 99% bots arguing with each other. AI is already taking over
Pandantic ( @Pandantic@midwest.social ) English2•9 months agoThey’re taking out jobs!
jerome ( @jerome@kbin.social ) 5•9 months agoI’m not a bot. How do I prove that? Titty cum and shit dildos. Bots won’t say that.
Endorkend ( @Endorkend@kbin.social ) 4•9 months agoOne just did tho.
TexMexBazooka ( @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ) English5•9 months agoI’m gonna need some explanation and annotation my man I’m not reading all that
On the right is a very popular post, on the left is the exact same post from very recently.
The left contains the exact same content, by about 10 different bot accounts w/ one another.
TexMexBazooka ( @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ) English4•9 months agoHmmm okay, fascinating. I imagine this has taken off a lot more since LLM AI started gaining traction.
Very interesting, good post
AeroLemming ( @AeroLemming@lemm.ee ) English4•9 months agoWhat does this have to do with LLMs? It’s just copying.
FfaerieOxide ( @FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ) 3•9 months agoFolks getting paid by “AI” companies will hate my saying this, but so are LLMs.
iHUNTcriminals ( @iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee ) English3•9 months agoWhat does Linus Lech Mips have to do with it?
AdmiralShat ( @AdmiralShat@programming.dev ) English3•9 months agoYou don’t actually need to read it, just skim through and notice all the user names. It’s all copy pasted and all the user names are different
It’s proving that tons of comments, even in long chains, are bots reposting
sour ( @sour@kbin.social ) 3•9 months agoalso word word number
Solivine ( @solivine@sopuli.xyz ) English3•9 months agoSo to me it looks like the post with all the upvotes is the original, and the other one is a copy with alt accounts mimicking every single comment. Other than the upvotes, most of those accounts have some arbitrary number tacked onto the end of their username.
finthechat ( @finthechat@kbin.social ) 5•9 months agoOther than the upvotes, most of those accounts have some arbitrary number tacked onto the end of their username.
It’s not a useful distinction for determining whether someone is human or a bot. Reddit began suggesting usernames a few years ago and they all look like Randomword-Randomword-Randomnumber. I’ve read comment chains in the past where newer Reddit users were even unaware that they could choose their own account name. There just seems to be a new generation of people who can’t even be assed to read the signup prompts and just keep clicking “OK” until they have a brand new Reddit account.
mycoffeeisready ( @mycoffeeisready@feddit.nl ) English2•9 months agoIf people are too stupid to read signup prompts, they may as well be considered bots for all intents and purposes
bstix ( @bstix@feddit.dk ) English2•9 months agoSo, what do you’re saying is that some click bots are made from flesh.
theodewere ( @theodewere@kbin.social ) 2•9 months agoif you need an explanation, you are also a bot by default
TexMexBazooka ( @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ) English2•9 months agoBeep boop beep beep
theodewere ( @theodewere@kbin.social ) 2•9 months agoyou got brains… yes you have…
TexMexBazooka ( @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ) English2•9 months ago👁️ 👄 👁️
Cyborganism ( @cyborganism@lemmy.ca ) English4•9 months agoAnd Lemmy is mostly bots reposting content from Reddit coming from bots.
It’s all bots.
tacosanonymous ( @tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ) English5•9 months agoTo shreds you say?
Pandantic ( @Pandantic@midwest.social ) English4•9 months agoJust as I said with my other comment. Some of the consumers came here, and they want to be fed, so the bot-makers send bots to take content from Reddit.
ArugulaZ ( @ArugulaZ@kbin.social ) 3•9 months agoWhy can’t they be cool cartoon robots, like Bender or XJ9 from Nickelodeon?
Cyborganism ( @cyborganism@lemmy.ca ) English7•9 months ago“We’ll make our own social media! With black jack and hookers!”
apes_on_parade ( @apes_on_parade@lemmy.whynotdrs.org ) English1•9 months agoHere here
Seraph ( @Seraph@kbin.social ) 3•9 months agoYou and me? Bots.
I’m fact it’s bots all the way down.
lightnsfw ( @lightnsfw@reddthat.com ) English3•9 months agoI wish I was a bot. Stupid fragile meat body…
BrainCheck ( @BrainCheck@lemmy.whynotdrs.org ) English2•9 months agoMe too, fellow meat bag!
ivanafterall ( @ivanafterall@kbin.social ) 3•9 months agoI’m not a bot.
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sour ( @sour@kbin.social ) 2•9 months agobotland ._.
Adderbox76 ( @Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ) English4•9 months agoAnd Lemmy is almost entirely memes once you leave your subscriptions and venture into the “all” category.
The rest is a combination of politics and bitching about Reddit.
Pandantic ( @Pandantic@midwest.social ) English2•9 months agoThat’s what the consumers want - they want to read entertaining content with no contribution of their own. The will leave when the content gets too repetitive (if it ever does). The just like being fed.
Teon ( @Teon@kbin.social ) 2•9 months agoReddit are just bots? That explains why all the posts that start with “BWD…” are false advertising.