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lemme in@lemm.ee to Reddit@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Possibly thousands of bots subscribed to multiple subreddits

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Possibly thousands of bots subscribed to multiple subreddits

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lemme in@lemm.ee to Reddit@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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Not sure what’s going on here, thousands of bots just subscribed with no new posts or comments

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https://reddit.com/comments/1ft95xz

https://reddit.com/comments/1fsx5s5

https://reddit.com/r/modsupport

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    jumped to 5k members

    I wonder, could it be related to this?

    Reddit says it will review requests to make communities private or NSFW within 24 hours. For smaller or newer communities — under 5,000 members or less than 30 days old — requests will be approved automatically.

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      Ding ding ding. Make it technically possible to private the sub, but then add 5000 bots to every new sub so it’s not actually possible.

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I’m sure the growth was completely organic. /s

      • Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.world
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        Yep! Very sus.

    • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org
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      You’re probably right, that’s crazy

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