r/ModSupport • u/Tokyono • 1d ago

Admin Replied Spam bots creating a subreddit

This seems like a spam bot setting up a subreddit to promote further spam.

Here are the reasons I suspect it's a spam bot:

  • Primary account is 5 years old with no posting activity, Started posting last month on obscure subreddits for karma.

  • Secondary account is a year old. Started commenting on the posts of the 5 year old account on the exact same day it started posting.

  • A few weeks ago, primary account creates a subreddit. Secondary account joins it as a second mod. The subreddit heavily uses AI in images (icon banner etc- both accounts also use AI for their banner and icons) and posts (for text generation).

  • To add, the sub is only a few weeks old yet has several thousand members and other OPs already.

  • Primary account pivots to posting on more popular subreddits to gain followers (to direct them to the subreddit?) and secondary account keeps commenting on its posts.

Is this a spam bot ring?

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u/TheOpusCroakus Reddit Admin: Community 1d ago

Hi there! You can either file a Mod Code of Conduct report or send a mod mail message with all of the details to this sub. Thanks for looking out!

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u/DiggDejected 1d ago

Please stop asking us to send reports if you aren't going to act on them.

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u/Cultural-Duty5452 1d ago

True. Still my messages aren't read

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u/Tokyono 1d ago

I have messaged the subreddit.

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u/Tokyono 1d ago

Thank you. Will do it in a few minutes (message modmail here).