@Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-27 months agoReddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months lateri.imgur.comimagemessage-square309fedilinkarrow-up11.46Karrow-down116file-text
arrow-up11.44Karrow-down1imageReddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months lateri.imgur.com@Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-27 months agomessage-square309fedilinkfile-text
For the threads with the older one on the left: https://lemmy.world/post/14859950 (Thank you @Nelots@lemm.ee )
minus-square@joneskind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-27 months agoWhen you use “connect with Apple” it creates an account with a name constructed this way. You can change it afterwards but no one does. EDIT: Wait, is it the default Reddit way?
minus-square@limelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•7 months agoYeah I think any account you create now has that as the default. Or at least did a few years ago. So it’s really more of a “many new accounts are bots” rather than “you can distinguish bots by this account name format”.
When you use “connect with Apple” it creates an account with a name constructed this way.
You can change it afterwards but no one does.
EDIT: Wait, is it the default Reddit way?
Yeah I think any account you create now has that as the default. Or at least did a few years ago.
So it’s really more of a “many new accounts are bots” rather than “you can distinguish bots by this account name format”.