Spambot Spotting Resources

https://www.reddit.com/r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit/comments/110nbfh/spambot_spotting_resources/

created by EncyclopaediaBot on 12/02/2023 at 19:00 UTC*

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If you come across a Spambot, do not engage with it. Use the ‘report’ option below the post or in the three-dots Hamburger Menu[1] as Spam --> Link Farming to alert the mods of the sub you spotted it on and move on. The only reply you should legitimately make is to warn other users with a link to r/TheseFuckingAccounts and maybe even one of the other initiatives currently fighting against these shills, if relevant.

1: https://i.redd.it/k732ju47qhw81.jpg

How to identify Repost Bots on Reddit[2] is a very useful guide to spotting their activity, as is How to recognize these accounts[3] and the excellent Guide to recognising spambots[4].

2: https://www.reddit.com/user/Squorlple/comments/ryv2mk/how_to_identify_repost_bots_on_reddit/

3: https://www.reddit.com/user/Impossible-Cod-3946/comments/s4nyst/how_to_recognize_these_accounts/

4: https://www.reddit.com/user/Someoneman/comments/q3mxam/guide_to_recognizing_spambots/

• r/TheseFuckingAccounts - This is the main place to submit and track suspicious Reddit accounts.
• r/botwatch - This sub is dedicated to the continued discussion and study of the bots that dwell in Reddit.
• r/KarmaBotKillers - They have a useful Wiki[5] about accounts that display karma farming bot-like behaviour.
• u/WhyNotCollegeBoard - Has a Spambot detector to summon by posting !isbot <username>.
• r/spambotdetector - Sometimes responds when the comment Good bot is given in response to a Redditor.
• u/reply-guy-bot - reports and comments on plagiarised comments that are typical bot behaviour[6]
• u/BlogSpammr - Also reports bots
• u/exponant - Also reports bots
• u/risbot - Performs a Google reverse image search which is useful to find a suspected repost.

If you do start calling out spambot accounts, be prepared for downvotes[7] and other means of backlash[8] against you. Unfortunately, one of the most effective and diligent spambot spotters, “The ever-vigilant” Constable Dorfl of the Watch[9] has apparently been suspended.

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/KarmaBotKillers/wiki/index

6: https://www.reddit.com/user/reply-guy-bot/comments/n9fpva/faq/

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/TILI/comments/untjok/thanks_i_love_this/

8: https://www.reddit.com/user/Impossible-Cod-3946/comments/rzv04q/think_theyre_mad/

9: https://www.reddit.com/user/_DORFL_/

• *See Also:**

• Astroturfing[10]
• Bots[11]
• Following[12]
• Hacked Accounts[13]
• “If you want this t-shirt, say yes in the Comments”[14]
• Karma Farming[15]
• Karma Farms[16]
• Scams[17]
• Shill[18]
• Sock Puppet[19]
• Spam[20]
• Spambots[21]
• Spambot Spotting Resources[22]
• Streisand Effect[23]
• T-Shirt Posts[24]
• Two-Factor Authorisation; 2FA[25]
• Vote Manipulation[26]

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