Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoReddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months lateri.imgur.comimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageReddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months lateri.imgur.comBlaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-text
For the threads with the older one on the left: https://lemmy.world/post/14859950 (Thank you @Nelots@lemm.ee )
minus-squareAnti-Face Weapon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMy understanding of how this works is that that left one is real accounts making real comments, at least in the majority. Then when the link gets reposted, either by a bot or naturally, potentially depending on the title, the bots scrape the old comments and post them. It’s content farming. And Reddit is probably okay with this.
minus-squaremoriquende@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThe right one is the “real” accounts. Notice how the left one is newer and all the accounts have names ending with four digits, except where they aren’t copies from the right.
My understanding of how this works is that that left one is real accounts making real comments, at least in the majority.
Then when the link gets reposted, either by a bot or naturally, potentially depending on the title, the bots scrape the old comments and post them.
It’s content farming. And Reddit is probably okay with this.
The right one is the “real” accounts. Notice how the left one is newer and all the accounts have names ending with four digits, except where they aren’t copies from the right.