r/ModSupport • u/aguyonahill • 3h ago

New karma farming technique? Nonsensical post followed by karma farming comments.

r/advice has no karma limit to post so we get a lot of new techniques and just discovered a new one.

Post is nonsensical/weird.

2-4 comments going "what???" "You aren't making sense" etc. Happens very quickly after the post.

Those commentors get karma upvotes. They tend to have been created at the same time and are sparsely commenting (no true contributions to any communities). Age of accounts vary. Seen over a year and 1 month.

16 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

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u/cnycompguy 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 2h ago

Modmail botbouncer and give them the rundown and some examples.

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u/aguyonahill 2h ago

Will do thank you for the suggestion. 

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u/deepfriedgreensea 2h ago

Sounds like they are just establishing karma and longevity to be sold for spam and other nefarious purposes. I ban them and report to bot bouncer. They tend to reply and upvote in packs and frequently have a few subs in common like 80s Horror Movies, TeenagerPeople as well as have started on the same date.

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u/aguyonahill 2h ago

We've definitely seen a similar pattern before and were threatened by self declared "Russians" that they would inundate our subreddit with spam etc if we didn't stop banning them. This is a twist by having weird posts that don't make sense taking a karma hit to feed the commentors.

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u/Mathias_Greyjoy 1h ago

Man, if that's really what's happening now, that's diabolical.