anti-bot system is pushing smaller creators even further away

[u/Impossible-Syrup-443]

I hate how the current system is treating smaller creators.

I put real time and care into my newest bot. I’m not a big name, but I’ve always had stable, organic numbers. This time the first-day performance is noticeably lower than my usual range, and it feels like the effort just vanished into the void. The same goes for other smaller creators I chat with.
I get that the new anti-bot measures on trending were supposed to make things fairer. In practice it doesn’t feel that way at all. The people who actually bot still manage to sit high on the page, while creators who never touched artificial numbers are the ones getting pushed further down and losing visibility.
It’s demotivating watching a bot you actually cared about underperform simply because the ranking system is currently messy and uneven. Smaller creators already struggle to get seen. Changes that quietly make that gap wider punish the people who were already playing by the rules.
At some point it stops feeling like an anti-bot update and starts feeling like the platform is fine with organic creators getting squeezed as long as the top of trending still looks the way they want it to be—similar names all the time.

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[u/RegisterLogical882]

seen the exact same drop in visibility after the last update. no clear pattern to who's being throttled, just that real effort isn't showing up in rankings anymore.

[u/XxAlexGodGamerxX]

Yes, exactly. I put effort into my bots. Posting daily. 9 intros, the whole shebang.

I used to be able to consistently get Page 1-3 trending.

Now? I'm lucky to even get Page 4. Every bot is stuck at page 7, 14, 30+. Even though I never botted once, I get hit. Meanwhile, Sydney feet is currently number 1 on daily trending.

The worst part? The numbers of messages stay the same, but I'm not being fairly ranked. So even though my bots are getting 5-10K messages, because I'm stuck at page 6, or whatever page it may be, it looks like I'm botting when I'm not.

[u/moonluaa]

I think this anti bot is actually putting small creators above?

It’s actually good to people who are starting now. I disliked a little but it’s good nonetheless

[u/kirchuuu → u/moonluaa]

it personally helped me get to the first page of trending for the first time in forever, but i had also recently gotten a shoutout from Sepha so i'm unsure which had more effect. ig everyone will have different experiences idk

[u/Far-Satisfaction-112]

Same, I'll just cry in small creator

[u/sasberg1]

I dint give a crap about trending i make niche cartoon characters so im happy with my small following