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Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit

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Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit

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TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Mod-made tool claims to have banned 144,926 spambot accounts.

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Good on the developers/maintainers. Why develop a moderation tool without payment for a platform that considers you a leech?

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