An idea for dealing with the bot.

submitted by HiddenFox from self.SaidIt

To me the weakness is it's ability to create a new account on the fly.

I was just having a conversation with it it here:

https://saidit.net/s/youtube/comments/c7vl/illegals_in_my_yard/

You can see it was able to create HiddenF0x in under 2 minutes.

If we could curve this ability it would greatly reduce the bot's effectiveness. Even something like a 72 - 84 hour ban on posting for new accounts would be effective as most posts start to drop off by then.

Also a manually approval of new users could further hurt the effectiveness.

Last, seems like the bot gave up once I pinned it down. Interesting...

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[–]iamonlyoneman 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I'm still not convinced he's not a sad sack posting these comments and making accounts manually LOL

[–]HiddenFox[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Wouldn't surprise me. Dude need to find a chick and get laid. Would probably solve 99% of his life issues.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

short, amusing comments are tolerable. walls of text are obnoxious ;)

[–]romper 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

short, amusing comments are tolerable. walls of text are obnoxious ;)

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[–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

It would be great if u/magnora7 entrusted a few people with permissions to do this sort of thing.

[–]HiddenFox[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

That would be the quickest and easiest thing to do for now. A team of long term members and a public log of their activities.

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Agreed. That would keep us honest.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Just sent you an invite to mod a few subs that he is spamming. Good luck!

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll do my best!

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Just sent you an invite to mod a few subs that he is spamming. Good luck!

[–]HiddenFox[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you. I'll do what I can!

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I would like to be an admin to fight off Edward and other bots and trolls.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Just sent you an invite to mod a few subs that he is spamming. Good luck!

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thank you, I won't let you down.

[–]romper 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you, I won't let you down.

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[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"it"

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Also a manually approval of new users could further hurt the effectiveness.

This one damages the site too much.

[–]HiddenFox[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah I see where your coming from. Hard to balance. My hope would be a deterrent in that it could be adjusted depending on activity. An influx of new accounts would trigger human approval. Something along those lines. Again though I agree, hard to balance.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That one fucked Kuro5hin. And the space was much less crowded then than it is now.

Maybe the answer is just whack-a-mole.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I just invited you to be moderator of a few subs this guy is spamming if you want to help with the whack-a-mole.

[–]romper 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just invited you to be moderator of a few subs this guy is spamming if you want to help with the whack-a-mole.

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[–]x0x7 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Never discuss in front of spammers what you are going to do about spammers.

[–]HiddenFox[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If it was back end (coding) stuff I would agree but the changes I'm suggesting would be obvious within a day.

[–]romper 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If it was back end (coding) stuff I would agree but the changes I'm suggesting would be obvious within a day.

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[–]romper 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Never discuss in front of spammers what you are going to do about spammers.

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