ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 month agoClawdbot farm owner shares his bots have a 0.5% ban rate so far on redditdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1401file-text
arrow-up1401imageClawdbot farm owner shares his bots have a 0.5% ban rate so far on redditdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up70·1 month 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-up14·1 month 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!”