#BotAccounts

2025-11-26

It's sad, but there are so many that can't tell a bot is posting an AI generated comment on a video just to be noticed and masquerade as a 'real user'. I can tell basically immediately; there are always people who waste their time correcting the nonsense, hallucination engine comments.

Or worse, lending visibility to the bot, which features other bots that have malicious links for unsuspecting users to click. It's a disgusting kind of enterprise. ROFL If I were employed to combat bots at YouTube, my job security would be through the roof. The bot account waves are getting more frequent because I report a ton of them almost every day.

They even pull out ancient accounts that I end up getting banned because the malicious actor behind it can't help themselves.

#YouTube #BotAccounts

cathillcathill
2025-11-06

Someone should tell me exactly why some people incorrectly think that this is a bot account.

3dcandy3dcandy
2025-10-22

oh look at all those buy verified account posts that have cropped up. A sign that something is being done right, yet also a sign it is going wrong here on Mastodon...

Luigi.exe (Dragonheart System)Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space
2025-09-07

Has anyone noticed a specific type of spam bot following people by the name "Jimmy Truth"? They always have the same copypasta bio besides a slight modification of location. I've had like, 7+ of them follow me and I've reported and blocked every single one.

#FediBlock #FediSpam #BotSpam #BotAccounts #Spam

⛰︎ Alexa ꩜ ☾⭒°✧sonder@app.wafrn.net
2025-06-17

These are all bots/fake accounts. Wtf.


#Ramblings #bots #bot-accounts
Notifications on an iphone screen of several “users” following me on WAFRN in rapid succession.
2025-03-09

Had a quick check on BSky and a bunch of "people" followed me. Not a single one has any posts but they all seem to have a lot of followers and are following a lot of people. The names don't seem to match the avatars either.

#bsky #botaccounts

A list of accounts suddenly following me with suspicious names/avatars.
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-07-02

#WasFehlt:

Nen #Stellenmarkt

skuaskua
2024-06-21

Weighed up the ethics of doing more effectively vs being on a .

And got an account so I can get secondhand materials.

Made no posts, linked no friends, just Bookmarked secondhand stuff. And contacted a seller.

Account lasted a day before it was .

Looks like they're using AI to try and stop and .

And they're unable to distinguish between fake and genuine.

[smirk]

Such a nice way to treat people.

2024-06-10

Hmm got my first bot follow request. never had one here before. It was an empty account too. How odd. - I refused.

#BotAccounts #BotFollow

2024-03-29

@ratcatcher @proprietor

Looking at the hashtag mentioned above, I don't see any Threads accounts off-hand. But I do see one account from each of a variety of instances. I reported a few of the accounts to the admins. But if those servers are unattended & without an admin, as mentioned elsewhere in this toot🧵, then they likely won't get taken down.

One of them is my own #Universodon.☹️

#Astroturfer #Astroturfing #BotAccounts

Ralf H. Schneidernoosphaere
2023-11-14

Wenn Fake-Accounts bei Twitter/X nicht einmal mehr den geringsten Anstand haben, einen zeitversetzt und divers zu belästigen, sondern mit verschiedenen Accounts, aber gleichem Pseudonym zeitgleich Postings ein und desselben Threads zu liken 🤦‍♂️

Twitter/X muss man einfach lieben 🤪

Screenshot: 4 verschiedene Accounts mit dem Namen Jane liken einzelne Postings eines Threads. Text: Welch Freude! Da ist doch glatt der halbe Vorstand des Jane-Clubs zeitgleich Fan meiner Postings geworden. Zufälle gibt's!?
Phil Yastockings 🎄🎅 :tinoflag:Phil_Tanner@mastodon.philtanner.com
2023-09-08

Is there a bot retooting @NZCivilDefence?

I'm looking to get access to toots like this:
twitter.com/NZcivildefence/sta in here, as I very, VERY rarely go over there any more...

#botAccounts #nzeq #NZTwits #fediHelp

@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differentlyinfosec_jcp@infosec.exchange
2023-06-28
ADRIAN :bkg: 🏳️‍🌈adrian@tyrol.social
2023-05-04

Achtung:
mastodon.social wird aktuell überflutet von #BotAccounts. Sollten in meiner Instanz (tyrol.social) jemand von einem Bot Account belästigt worden sein, dann bitte diesen umgehend melden, damit wir die Accounts sperren können.

Ralph 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦Ralph@mstdn.ca
2023-04-27

Starting to get #botaccounts on my #pixelfed account. Not impressed

@alcea @stux is why #groups are a good idea. @atomicpoet mentioned it first, I think.

It allows for moderation as well as users being associated with groups and topics. People can be banned and blocked. Also by mentioning #botaccounts and connecting your posts in that manner allows for other fun things.

2023-01-17

New analysis of Kremlin linked social influence bot networks during the 2016 U.S. presidential election finds "2,752 bot accounts masqueraded as gun-owning housewives, Black Lives Matter activists, obsolete news companies and more."

Preprint: osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/zh94

#BotAccounts
#Sociology
#Twitter

2022-12-24

Can we please make it easier for users to filter out #botaccounts when searching a person's name or displaying one's list of followers? The large number of bot accounts or entire instances dedicated to them (like respublicae.eu) are becoming problematic. Try searching for Ursula von der Leyen, for instance. Thank you so much. My best holiday wishes.
@Mastodon@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mstdn.social
@Gargron

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