Comment by Benskien on 18/04/2024 at 00:13 UTC

93 upvotes, 2 direct replies (showing 2)

View submission: What We’re Working on in 2024

reposting my question i posted to the recent security post;

over the last 6+ months we have seen a massive increase in botted accounts posting and commenting on our subs, aka dormant accounts suddently reactivating and spamming submissions until ultimatly becomming spam bots, this botted behavior can daily be observed over at /all aswell, with massive subs like wholesomememes pinning posts about this issue. https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/17wme9y/wholesome_memes_vs_the_spam_bots/

i keep reporting these accounts and i often see mods at larger subs remove their content within a short time, and often their botted account gets suspended within a day or so

have you guys at reddit detected an increase in such bot behavior/increase in suspended botted accounts, *and are there any plans to deal with em on a larger level*?

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Comment by Nihilistic_Mystics at 18/04/2024 at 22:33 UTC

36 upvotes, 4 direct replies

To reddit, bots = engagement numbers to report to shareholders and advertisers.

Comment by Ravinac at 18/04/2024 at 13:04 UTC

20 upvotes, 3 direct replies

The plan seems to be to suspend users that report the bots for using the reporting features to harass them. I know because I got suspended for reporting a bot.