Thatās not even new tho. At least in the sub I was the most active in, you couldnāt go a week without some sort of repost bot grabbing memes, text posts, art or even entire guides from the ātop of all timeā queue, reposting it as alleged OC, and another bot reposting the top comment to double dip on Karma. If you knew what to look for, the bots were blatantly obvious, but more often than not they still managed to get a hefty amount of traction (tens of thousands of upvotes, dozens of awards, hundreds of comments) before the submissions were removed.
ā¦ and just because the submissions were removed and the bots kicked out of the sub, did that not automatically mean that the bots were always also suspended or the accounts disabled. They just continued their scheme elsewhere.
Theyāve even gotten to the point where theyāll steal portions of comments so itās not as obvious.
I called out tons of āusersā because itās obvious when you see them post part of a comment you just read, then check their profile and ctrl-f each thread they posted 8n and you can find the original. Its so tiringā¦
Its so tiringā¦
Completely agreed. Especially if you have to explain / defend yourself calling them out. It has happened way too often for my liking, that I called out repost bots or scammers and then regular unsuspecting users were all like āwhoa buddy, thatās a harsh accusation, why would you think thatās a bot/scam? Have you actually clicked that link yet? Maybe itās legit and youāre just overreacting!ā
Of course I still always explained why (even had a copypasta ready for that) but sometimes it just felt exhausting in the same way as trying to make my cat understand that heās not supposed to eat the cactus. Yes it will hurt if you bite it. No I donāt need to bite the cactus myself in order to know that. No Iām not āoverreactingā, Iām just trying to make you not hurt yourself. sigh
(Weird example but I hope you get what I mean)
