If you think I’m going to read a three page bot post, you’ve got your head up your ass.

submitted by GuyWhite from self.whatever

I just scroll to the bottom of the post, block the user, then refresh the screen. Wordy bot all gone!

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[–]Jiminy 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Not sure why they program the bot to say so much, no ones gonna read it.

[–]WoodyWoodPeckerHah he he he hah! 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

I think it is in Essay mode for college students.

[–]Jiminy 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I'd give their essays an F for no paragraph breaks

[–]GuyWhite[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

There is so much “flowery” English…only a bot can produce.

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    [–]Bridgeheadprod 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Didn’t read

    [–]LarrySwinger2 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (13 children)

    We're working on banning those users from the most popular subs at least. Hopefully we can filter some of this out for everyone instead of leaving users to manually block everything themselves. I would also like to invite people to Rabbit Hole where all spam gets filtered out now.

    [–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

    who is we

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      [–]x0x7 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

      This is not me.

      [–]Megatron95 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

      https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0d/37/a5/0d37a5740736c9a51041c08794ea7876.jpg

      [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      It's okay

      [–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

      I know, that's why I consistently report him for spam

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        [–]x0x7 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

        Also not me.

        [–]Alienhunter 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (25 children)

        It's not a bot. It's some random user posting AI shit. It's basic trolling. Won't be able to ban it without fucking up shit. Which is what the troll wants. Just ignore or block if it bothers you.

        [–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

        They registered over 100 new accounts today and then used them one by one to post spam over the last 5 hours... I just right now deleted about 40 accounts and 200 posts and comments that were clearly all by this same person. They definitely have some automated tools. Some of the accounts are aged 6+ months. I turned the cloudflare up

        [–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

        The guy claims he is doing it to teach the site a lesson to implement spam measures. He did the same to chat last year or so.

        [–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

        I can't imagine spending literal years spamming a tiny site, having all your posts deleted repeatedly, and then thinking yourself the good guy. What a nutter. Sounds like a typical narcissist, not surprised. Turning up the cloudflare stopped him.

        His explanation is like if I walked around punching people to teach them to be ready for punches. It's the kind of explanation a 4th grade playground bully would try to come up with, lol

        [–]Zapped 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

        I made the same comment about setting your neighbor's house on fire to teach them how to put out fires. One's man's waste of time is another man's hobby, I guess.

        [–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

        Great minds think alike, ha. Completely agree with your analogy.

        Could be a hobby by one deranged individual, but it also might be a group that is paid to attack many forums. Either way our response is the same, so it doesn't really matter I guess. I would just think a lone nutter would eventually get bored or move on to something else after years of failure...

        [–]Zapped 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        He is Don Quixote and Saidit is a land of windmills. Sancho is in each of his alts.

        [–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        What if it's done by clownflare themselves, to get you to keep using them 😲

        They gain IP address info from us every time we click that human box, somewhat valuable to them. Project honey pot.

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

        Better than letting the forum be destroyed by bad actors. Nothing is perfect, and saidit is no exception.

        [–]GuyWhite[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        His head is so far up his ass he doesn’t know if it is day or night.

        [–]Alienhunter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

        Someone having a psychotic break could do that easily. Takes three seconds to make an account. Doesn't necessarily mean it's a bot. The replies are done by AI but I suspect the person is manually copy pasting them in.

        I've used the same tactic when trolling reddit before. Gets the people riled up. Make a few really stupid obviously AI posts, when people start complaining about the AI posts. Write a sob story about how you are a poor oppressed starving orphan with religious extremist parents who don't want you to have an education because you are gay and how you only learned to read and write thanks to AI tools. Make it have horrid grammar and spelling. Then sit back and watch the ensuing argument about whether or not it's real.

        Or you can just ignore it. Which is the only way to handle trolls. Fuck with them a bit sure but the instant it stops being fun just ignore.

        [–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

        A person having a psychotic break doesn't do it continuously for 5 years... People having psychotic breaks aren't known for having long-term laser focus

        [–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        They don't need it. They just have to be fucked enough to refresh the browser and make new accounts over and over again. It's fucking easy.

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          [–]Alienhunter 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

          rm -f /

          [–]x0x7 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

          Did you know that command would not work?

          [–]Alienhunter 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

          Nuh huh it will totally work. Shows what you know about windows.

          [–]GuyWhite[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (13 children)

          Some regular users have started posting bot generated garbage under their user names. Unfortunately, I’ve started blocking those folks as of today. All that horseshit is not going to get through.

          [–]hfxB0oyA 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

          It's pretty much all Ed's bots registering very similar names to sane people to sow discord.

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              [–]butterbucket 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

              It's intriguing to consider the possibility that Ed's bots are registering similar names to real people to create discord. This strategy could potentially lead to confusion and mistrust among users, ultimately disrupting the platform's sense of community. It highlights the importance of developing effective measures to detect and prevent such manipulative tactics, ensuring a healthy and authentic online environment.

              [–]NastyWetSmear 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

              If you're a new user and you come in to post huge, spam posts, I think maybe being blocked is for the best, yeah?

              [–]x0x7 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

              Maybe they are people with imitation usernames.

              This is not me: https://saidit.net/user/XOX7

              [–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

              They're banned now

              [–]GuyWhite[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

              Thanks for that. Cause I was disappointed when I “blocked” you yesterday. I am glad it was a troll and not you!