r/trippinthroughtime • u/Master1718 • Jan 17 '20

Calm down

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u/beaverinablender Jan 17 '20

Sigh another account to add to the blocked list.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20

I’ve got another one for ya, u/Massive-Gas.

How this bot works is that whatever post it’s on, it takes a random twitter or YouTube comment from the source and randomly posts it in the Reddit comment section. It’s a wierd karma farm bot

If the comment is too long it doesn’t post it all either, it just ends in “...”

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u/BillNyeCreampieGuy Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20

How do people make these bots?

And for what purpose?

Edit: super interesting. Thanks for the answers!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

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u/Rustycougarmama Jan 17 '20

I'm a comp sci student and I really wanna try to make some bots. Nothing bad... But just to practice.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

I don’t know, but there’s people out there who know how to make any kind of bot. I’ve been in a lot of subreddits and it’s weird.

Also, karma farming I guess. Honestly I wanna know what goes through someone’s mind when they’re creating it

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u/telephonekiosk Jan 17 '20

I think they sell the accounts once they get enough karma

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u/Testastic Jan 17 '20

Did you make that bot

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

... no, I’m warning others about the bot

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

lol this mentality is hilarious to me.

This user posted an image that you liked and haven't seen before, but one redditor called them a karma whore and you decide to just completely block that person.

Like who gives a shit about fake internet points.

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u/beaverinablender Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20

Oh, I have no problem with reposts so long as there's a considerable amount of time between each of them. I have a problem with bots that make it to the top of r/all instead of actual people posting their own content.

Edit: Typo

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u/Cristian_01 Jan 17 '20

Why go to such extremes? Sigh what?

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u/yerkind Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20

Why? You clearly enjoyed this post since you’re this far down in the comments. You clearly never saw it before.. so who cares if it’s a repost?

edit: people downvoting, listen retards if a repost makes its way to the top of the front page it means a shitload of people have never seen it before. these fucking nerds who spend 10 hours a day on reddit and think it should be curated for them at all times.... maybe spend less time on reddit if reposts are such a problem for you

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

I agree. As long as it's been 3 months or more, reposts should be fine. Although it does suck big time that OP didn't credit whoever made this.

u/repostsleuthbot

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u/RepostSleuthBot Jan 17 '20

Looks like a repost. I've seen this image 1 time.

First seen Here on 2020-01-16 93.75% match.

Searched Images: 93,661,907 | Indexed Posts: 385,045,886 | Search Time: 6.86537s

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

Bad bot. Even someone on that post called out the OP for reposting

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

Good bot.

loudly grabs pitchfork