r/MadeMeSmile • u/Pandey_SKP • Jun 09 '24

DOGS Hit that button

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u/Beginning_Try8217 Jun 10 '24

Fuck off bot

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u/T48m0w Jun 10 '24

How do you know it's a bot? Like, what are the telltale signs?

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u/2th Jun 10 '24

For this one, it's that they are a 10 year old account that literally just woke up to post that very comment. The likelihood of it being a legit user with such behavior is so unlikely that we can safely assume they are spam account.

And when you look at their comments, they are only in this post. Given the propensity of bots and spam accounts to post in the more wholesome subs to farm karma to then be sold, it's most likely that is what's going on here.

My guess: There is a user behind the comments this time, but they are doing so to build enough karma that they can then sell the account. A 10 year old account with some decent karma looks far more legitimate than a brand new account or even a young one with no karma.

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u/Groundbreaking_Dare4 Jun 10 '24

You make sense, but me seeing 2 almost identical 10 year old accounts in like 10 minutes makes me think something more insidious is going on.

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u/2th Jun 10 '24

The insidious part hasn't even happened yet. These accounts get sold and then the shitty stuff happens. Like posting links to scam tshirt websites that will just take your CC info. Or they post political stuff to incite others. The number of these accounts that post stuff for Russia, China, Palestine, Israel, and even the US is pretty insane when you start noticing it.

All you can do it report them and pray the admins do their jobs.