BotDefense is wrapping up operations on Reddit, due to the infeasibility of doing their work effectively in the aftermath of Reddit's API changes : reddit

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BotDefense is wrapping up operations on Reddit, due to the infeasibility of doing their work effectively in the aftermath of Reddit's API changes (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by GoodKingElliot@feddit.uk to c/reddit@lemmy.ml

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Reddit just became a lot more friendly to bots, and a lot less friendly to humans. Their block list covered 144,926 bot accounts. All those and more are going to get unleashed.

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[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

More bots mean more engagement.

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[–] subterfuge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Just like Twitter

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