Do we have a Bot problem? - eviltoast

Why does shitjustworks have so many bots? I see certain communities like this where brand new accounts just spam random images. I have a dozen new accounts blocked every day and it’s getting tedious.

What is their purpose?

  • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
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    1 year ago

    Bots like that suck. :(

    I don’t know why people want to step in and break something people are running for free without every even glimpsing a profit for doing so.

    • pivot_root@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      If you want a crackpot conspiracy theory: It’s Spez paying for bots to ruin Lemmy. If he can’t get rid of bots on his own platform, he can try to make the competition worse.