Clippy@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 天前Do you think this will cause the threadiverse to gain more users?techcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.worldreddit@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkDo you think this will cause the threadiverse to gain more users?techcrunch.comClippy@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 天前message-square63linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.worldreddit@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·26 天前Interesting side effect that this will probably kill off some of the Reddit repost bots over here
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·25 天前Sanitation and his army of bots operate through a Firefox extension so I think we’ll still get the trash posts from reddit, at least!
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-225 天前SMCF posted a list not too long ago but I’m not sure where it is. Sanitation, Time2lose, oldmanalex, grumpus_maximus, mustachio_grumpus (or something), noralenderbee, liquorice. Those are the ones I remember
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·25 天前Saved. I’ll see if I can find the whole list some time. It’s amazing he tried to deny he’s the same guy yet talks in such an idiosyncratic way…
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 天前Seems unlikely. If someone is invested in making those bots, they’ll find a way. Running a browser in a VM and simulating clicks is totally doable. If that’s what it takes to make money, they’ll do it.
Interesting side effect that this will probably kill off some of the Reddit repost bots over here
Sanitation and his army of bots operate through a Firefox extension so I think we’ll still get the trash posts from reddit, at least!
Is there anywhere to track him?
SMCF posted a list not too long ago but I’m not sure where it is.
Sanitation, Time2lose, oldmanalex, grumpus_maximus, mustachio_grumpus (or something), noralenderbee, liquorice. Those are the ones I remember
Saved. I’ll see if I can find the whole list some time. It’s amazing he tried to deny he’s the same guy yet talks in such an idiosyncratic way…
Seems unlikely. If someone is invested in making those bots, they’ll find a way. Running a browser in a VM and simulating clicks is totally doable. If that’s what it takes to make money, they’ll do it.