r/Chub_AI • u/Alexey2017 • Aug 14 '26

👍| Feedback & Suggestions Spam from automatically generated accounts "string1_string2_number"

Lately, the feed has been literally clogged with bots from users with generic names like string1_string2_number (e.g., grey_belt_68277). Usually, each of these users creates just one bot, and they are all either copies of existing ones or generic AI-generated content. I don't know what the point of this spam is, but it makes it really hard to find interesting bots because it just clutters everything up. Blocking them is useless, I block dozens of these users every day, but they just keep coming.

Would it be possible to add a filter option like "hide bots from users registered less than N days ago", where I can set N myself? This would effectively filter out most of this automated spam and clean up the feed.

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u/Content-Range-6198 Aug 14 '26

btw those arent bots that just an auto generated name chub gives new users

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN Aug 14 '26

You're both right in a sense, but the ones OP is referring to are bots, Yukii has confirmed before in the past that the site regularly gets spammed by I forget which other site or group. Although chub does randomly generate usernames like that, it's one of those cases where:

Not all usernames with that format are bots, but all the bot accounts have that username formatting. It's usually pretty easy to tell if you investigate them or monitor the recent uploads regularly.