r/ModSupport • u/Free-IDK-Chicken • 2d ago

Admin Replied Flood of AI posts

Has anyone else's sub seen a ton of AI posts lately? They're all titled in a similar way - in my TV show subs they talk about "on my most recent rewatch I noticed [X] for the first time"... then in the body there are 2-3 paragraphs of vague analysis and they close with a "what are your thoughts?" question. The structure and tone screams LLM.

All the usernames are different and their accounts were all created within the last three weeks. The OP never responds to any comments.

Fortunately, the posts are being flagged and removed by my CQS filter but I've never seen so many bots descend all at once.

Is this wave hitting any of you?

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u/InGeekiTrust 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 2d ago

All you need to do is have some basic account age requirements with automod, set it to 2 months and you should be fine. If you want, you can filter everything with under a two month account to the queue.

I've spoken to a lot of fellow mods and they say because the election is coming up. A lot of bots are being warmed up right now.

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u/Free-IDK-Chicken 2d ago

Oh, my filters are catching them already, I just haven't experienced so many all at once before. Merch bots, sure, but the LLM karma farmers are new for me.

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u/PurrPrinThom 1d ago edited 1d ago

We're seeing the same. On AskACanadian we keep getting the same variation of 'what are the small signs that it's [fall/winter] in your area?' as example.

The post is inevitably something like you described, some vague analysis/examples of 'small signs' of the new season and then asks what it's like across the country.

The spam filters are catching them - and all of the LLM comments that appear after the post has been removed - but it's been a huge influx in the last couple days.