BotDefense is wrapping up operations on Reddit, due to the infeasibility of doing their work effectively in the aftermath of Reddit's API changes : reddit

BotDefense is wrapping up operations on Reddit, due to the infeasibility of doing their work effectively in the aftermath of Reddit's API changes (www.reddit.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk to c/reddit@lemmy.ml

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Reddit just became a lot more friendly to bots, and a lot less friendly to humans. Their block list covered 144,926 bot accounts. All those and more are going to get unleashed.

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[-] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

More bots mean more engagement.

[-] subterfuge@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Just like Twitter

[-] CookieJarObserver@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

And we call their advertisers and tell them reddit is scamming them... We don't need to sue them.

[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago

Lol

Reddit is run by fools

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

One that seems to look up to someone who has shown how not to run a social media company. It's quite pathetic really.

[-] noodlejetski@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

oh no

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Anyway...

[-] Yeah2206@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

Next episode: Incursion of the Bods.

[-] Pips@lemmy.film 1 points 2 years ago

In other news, the mod of that sub seems like kind of a raging jackass.

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