#bot invasion

[destiel-news-channel]

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Please check your follower list! Of 52 new followers i got only 4 appeared in my notifications. The rest are bots!

[srcbias]

i don't normally post much on here behind just reblogging silly haha memes, but if you're not aware, the #asexual tag on tumblr has been swarmed by bot accounts trying to sell stuff.

It'd be really great if you could take a few minutes to report all the bot posts in the asexual tag

An online space for a marginalised group is not real estate for commercialism :]

[orion-archives]

Asexuals on their way to fight against the bot invasion on the tag:

[kristendisegna]

My dudes, the bot invasion has gotten so bad that if you follow me and have an empty blog I’m now automatically assuming you’re a dodgy bot. I’m basically reporting every new follower as spam and blocking atm.

If you’re a tumblr newbie PLEASE reblog something, anything! Distinguish yourself from the bot invasion!

[wanderinginksplot]

Keep an eye on your notes!

Hey, everyone! Please note that the newest batch of pornbots has hatched. Blogs that used to be empty other than a profile picture and a short description now have posts, most often explicit videos.

These blogs don't seem to be following people anymore, but my notes are absolutely full of likes from pornbot blogs. It's still a good idea to report and block, but be aware that you're going to see some stuff while you do.

I know some of you are minors with nosy parents or parents with nosy minors, so please be careful and pay attention to who is around when you're clicking on profiles to report and block!

[mari-beau]

Porn Bots be like:

[annamaetion]

How many bots have you had to smack down since Elon Musk bought Twitter?

Less than 10

10 to 30ish

At least three a day

Honestly lost count

Wait, you mean all my new followers are all bots? 😢

Voting ended onJan 24, 2023

[that-gay-jedi]

I just blocked the most convincing clanker yet. If they weren't trying to convince me they're 147 years old, I would have thought they were just a memelord.

[Image description: a tumblr blog with no posts, no header, and whose profile picture is a bottle of vanilla extract. Against a light blue background, their blog is titled, "Vanilla Extract ✨️" and the sub-title is composed solely of an ice cream cone emoji. Their description reads, "🎀 Carribbean 😝⛱️ 147 🧡 🍰" At the bottom, the follow button reads, "Follow vanilla-my-extract." End of image description.]

Turing test results: inconclusive.