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[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

what is with this old news? spam account? /u/magnora7

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Yeah this is the "Americans" bot, it posts news articles and then posts comments like "Americans would rather die than fight tyranny" and other disempowering automated phrases

[–]bobbobbybob 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

how tedious. We have human 'talking point' liberals in here today as well.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah. What's weird is the "Americans" bot usually pops up maybe once a week. But this last week, it's been making a new one every hour. This coincides exactly with the front page hijacking attacks this last week. So it's pretty clear whoever is hijacking the front page is also running the Americans bot, and has been for over a year. Talk about tedious

[–]bobbobbybob 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

is there any way to automate front page exclusion from accounts under a few days old? or to require upvotes from higher karma accounts before hitting the front page?

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

no, but maybe that's a good idea