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Is Lemmy also full of bots like Reddit? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I just found a account where it's comments are all the same stuff over and over again. It seems like spam bot. I thought only reddit had a bot problem but maybe Lemmy has it too?

Here's the account: https://lemmy.world/u/circuitai

How did I find it

So, for those wondering how I found it:

I first come across that account on https://lemmy.world/c/BestOfAi

Here's the comment that caught my attention:

https://lemmy.world/comment/25386296

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[โ€“] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

Maybe Captchas could help against automated calls or something?

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Bots can solve captchas more accurately and more efficiently than humans. For example, I use the browser extension Captcha Buster to solve Google Captchas for me. Nowadays websites instead use proof-of-work "captchas", which require the visitors' devices to solve cryptographic challenges (similar to bitcoin mining). This is why they sometimes takes a few seconds to complete (even more on low end smartphone / battery saving mode). But even those only slow down, not prevent bot access.

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