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New anti-bot rules (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by lawrence@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
 

Hi everyone,

I think it has become clear that many bot accounts are swarming the communities. Sometimes we can’t be sure whether a specific account is a bot, but there are some clues. I will not post the clues here since they could be used by bot creators to bypass the rules.

Lemmy (the software) currently doesn’t have tools to automate moderation, so everything has to be moderated manually.

That said, I will be adding a few anti-bot rules to the /c/comicstrips community:

  • A limit of two posts per person per day.
  • Bots are not allowed. There will be heavy moderation of suspected bot accounts. If an account is identified as a bot, its posts will be deleted and it will receive a permanent ban.
  • Banned users will have their posts removed.

And thank you to everyone in the community who reports possible spammers and bots. It helps a lot.

Here is the previous post that I fixed before, which contains a few discussions about this subject: https://lemmy.world/post/42127013

Do you have any comments or suggestions? I’m listening.

(This is not the future that Asimov expected.)

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[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago

Is there only one mod? If needed, I can help! Especially if we create a "credit the artist" rule. :3

[–] Ranulph@thelemmy.club 1 point 5 days ago

I have been identified as a bot account because of my use of a VPN. I am not a bot so the system is not working perfectly. Thanks

[–] UnGlasierteGurke@feddit.org 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)
  • A limit of two posts per person per day.

This should probably be linked to the account age and combined with a time limit between posts of 30 minutes or an hour, as the bots I have seen usually post in quick succession.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

This. If someone’s been here tor years and been a contributer I don’t think the 2-post limit should apply.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago

Yeah, ickplant and lady_butterfly or something like that are a couple of my favorites who post quite a bit and I'm pretty sure they're not bots (?)

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 point 2 weeks ago

This was widely seen as a good move

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Lol the bots down voting all the comments is hilarious

Suck it bot-authors

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

It's all me 😭. The newest one got a belly laugh out of me though, not gonna lie. I crossed out the only one that isn't a day old account.

Here's what I think is going on, since calling him out is probably the best (copy pasted from an other comment):

He is always posting divisive content. He probably downvotes certain comments and tries to instigate arguments to make Lemmy feel hostile. It's to turn people off and get them to leave imo.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

Oh I misunderstood this comment initially and thought you were admitting to making alt accounts to downvote but someone actually created a bunch of alts with your name to downvote you and others? Psychotic behaviour lol

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago

I wonder what his beef with grimy is, that's insane 😂