ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Reddit@lemmy.world · 2 days agoClawdbot farm owner shares his bots have a 0.5% ban rate so far on redditdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1304arrow-down1imageClawdbot farm owner shares his bots have a 0.5% ban rate so far on redditdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Reddit@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up52·2 days agoThat assumes that Reddit actually wants to ban bots. But as long as they’re not too obvious, the bots are valuable to them, since they inflate the user count.
minus-squareGreatAlbatross@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 hours ago“Bots? No, no, those are active users. They also don’t use adblockers, so they’ve better than regular users!”
That assumes that Reddit actually wants to ban bots. But as long as they’re not too obvious, the bots are valuable to them, since they inflate the user count.
“Bots? No, no, those are active users. They also don’t use adblockers, so they’ve better than regular users!”