21 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)
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Granting spam accounts the ability to block others from replying to them or their threads is the single biggest mistake I've ever seen. It's given them carte blanche to scam with no repurcussions. As a result I've seen a massive uptick in repost bots farming for future use by spam accounts. I sincerely hope reddit chooses to undo this "update" before the majority of the site is taken over by spam accounts either farming or advertising.
Comment by BlogSpammr at 17/02/2022 at 05:05 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Just create 30 or 40 (for now) alt accounts, age them and get some karma from your favorite *FreeKarma* sub so you can leave comments pointing out their spam. When they’re blocked, move on to the next one. That’s what spammers do and no one seems to mind, so join the club!
Shoot, let’s register a domain, create a gearlaunch account and start selling some merch! What are we waiting for?
Comment by SoundOfTomorrow at 17/02/2022 at 01:35 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It's already taken over. View any repost on any popular subreddit. It's usually some karma bot.
Comment by petra303 at 17/02/2022 at 04:57 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
And I’ve seen this brought up several threads with the admins and never addressed. It’s seriously being abused and needs to be addressed specifically.