BotDefense is leaving Reddit
BotDefense is leaving Reddit
arstechnica.com Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit
Mod-made tool claims to have banned 144,926 spambot accounts.
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Title says it all. If you think Reddit's been trending down lately, just wait.
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Reddit will probably appreciate the extra traffic bots will create
78 0 ReplyUntil that IPO happens and investors want an audit of bot activity vs daily active users and then it all goes south from there.
42 0 ReplyWhat's this "from there"? It's already heading south and they haven't even had the IPO yet.
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Maybe, maybe not. Advertisers are definitely going to want to know how many of their impressions are actual people and how many are bots.
8 0 ReplyI fear your right, seems the kind of scummy I’ma god-complex type thing spez would do
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