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

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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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

More bots mean more engagement.

[–] subterfuge 7 points 1 year ago

Just like Twitter

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol

Reddit is run by fools

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh no

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Anyway...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Next episode: Incursion of the Bods.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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