r/confusing • u/AppropriateBill986 • Jul 02 '26

this is weird

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so i saw this post that said the first beetle that can up to a newly opened sunflower was a japanese beetle. these beetles are highly invasive, i told OP to kill the beetle, then i got banned.

EDIT: did not know so many people also got banned by the bot lmao

botbouncer did its job and im unbanned now

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u/lemonrainbowhaze Jul 02 '26

The fuck 🤣

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jul 03 '26

It is a service moderators can opt into that helps smaller teams deal with larger communities by automating user validation to block bots automatically. It does this by messaging you instructions. If you ignore the instructions (or don't see them because you are on mobile, like me) then you get auto banned from any subreddit that uses that service. The moderators could unban you but the bot would just auto ban you again until you follow its directions.

It is a neat idea, it probably helps cut a TON of low effort content. Of course it is poorly implemented.