#spambots

[rhube]

What happens when you don't report pornbots

What you can see here are among the most popular posts for the convin (Connor/Gavin Detroit Become Human) tag for the last month. And presumably lollipop, cityscape, rick day, eva long, dostoyevsky, and all the other random, unrelated tags added to these posts.

You can see two identical posts made by separate bots that feature a bit.ly (so, disguised, you don't know whether the address is safe/where you're going) link to a website that contains an image of a pretty young woman (but who knows what else).

Each post is liked by about a dozen other bots, and only bots. (I reported them all, so can confirm their profiles were obviously those of bots/porn bots.) Some of them even use the same image in the pfp. Some are developed blogs full of porn images, some are clearly newer and don't even have a pfp yet. They are all gaining legitimacy from each other by the likes which act as links to their Tumblrs, and adding legitimacy to the post they have liked, which links to their ultimate goal: the site where they make money in undoubtedly dodgy ways.

They are doing this to legitimise their websites for search engines like Google, but if you don't care about that, it has the same effect in your Tumblr tags.

If we don't stop them, ALL your favourite hashtags are going to be full of meaningless posts like this, and probably porn you don't want to see (very different from porn you DO want to see).

This is why we report and block, lads. Not just because they are annoying and irrelevant to us, but because if we don't stop them they will take over this hellsite, and they very clearly do not understand the nature of the hell in which we live.

[Edit:] I didn't expect this to go beyond my feed, who already know this, but report as SPAM. I've already reblogged other people with that addition on this post twice, so I won't reblog clog up the feed again, but I'm editing the original post so if anyone sees this (who didn't see Neil Gaiman's addition that said to report as spam) they'll see it here. That's the best I can do.

#pornbots #spambots #report and block #tumblr search

[goldengirlgalaxy]

#meme #spambots #pornbots #the absurd amount of pornbots I have been getting lately is nuts #regular show #original image not mine

[hollifo]

#me #christ on a bike #bots #pornbots #tumblr #the bots are back in town #dougal #spambots #tumblr bots

[the-pen-pot]

TL;DR Report this stuff as SPAM or tags get over-run.

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So bots are turning up in my tags again. This time thought it's not explicit nudity it's just, you know, dubious tag spam like:

You can report it specifically as spam using the meatball menu (and you should) because otherwise these assholes take over a tag and it's ridiculous.

Tag spam is defined pretty much as any irrelevant tag used in an effort to boost post visibility. These bots use botnets to like the post, therefore pushing it to the top of the tag.

Don't report posts like this as sexually explicit, because technically they're not.

#psa #tumblr #spambots

[classychassiss]

this pornbot description I just got omg

#Ur D will be DRAINED #chass blabs #spambots #women who live in 4 states

[silvermoon424]

The bot situation on here is seriously out of control. I finally went through the list of people who have recently followed me (I went back within the past week, I’m planning on going further later), and while I did have plenty of legit accounts I blocked easily 20 bot accounts.

I do have a pretty active blog with higher than average engagement so it’s possible I’m getting more spambots than the average tumblr user, but this is still crazy. There have to be 3-5 bots following me every day. I feel like tumblr can do something to make it harder for spammers to do this shit.

EDIT: My blog is not unique, it seems like most of us are being plagued by these spambots and we’re all going crazy.

#rant #tumblr #spam bots #spambots #bots

[sidmjkgc]

Things that should exist.

#report and block #spambots #pornbots #sid talks #bot war

[nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius]

Porn Bot Names From The Blocklist, A Saga:

And my personal favourite:

#also got one that's “retail[slur]” that i'm not screenshotting because ???? #jfc #tumblr bots #spambots #join the dark side we have shitposts

[imekitty]

This is so obnoxious and exhausting.

#pornbots #spambots #can’t believe I have to live in a world where some people insist on being this fucking annoying

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

bot and angel parallels. “Dont be scraed” is the new “Be Not Afraid” 

#angels #spambots

[marlynnofmany]

Today in "Reports From Elsewhere," the spambots on BlueSky have a distinctive name pattern that would make some excellent usernames here. It's tragic, really.

Anyways, tag yourself; I'm Highfalutin Alligator.

#we've decided that Rural Vaulting is also known as Cow Jumpin' #or possibly Chicken Leapin' #if yer a coward #and I have no idea what a Thinkable Bathrobe is #but it sounds wizardly #no comment on that last one on the list #just a very stern look #spambots #BlueSky #life on the internet #tag yourself

[kushamisaru]

Tumblr: Hey we're gonna be downsizing soon so things may be slower-

Pornbots:

#spambots #pornbots #tumblr #bots #It's SO bad!

[thatsmimi]

If you are experiencing odd spikes of spambot activities, feel free to share your experience in the replies!! Here's another post with testimonies of others who's going through the same stuff.

I've reported up to 100 bot accounts each day for the past 3 days after making the help me make soup poll... Here are the bots that just arrived while I was making this poll :[

Our goal is to gather enough attention and report it to staff so something can be done about it!! Please help spread this post, I'm trying to reach more people who's being swarmed by bots!!

#mimi.txt #spambot apocalypse #polls #spam accounts #bot accounts #spam bots #bots #spambots

[lizardsfromspace]

The tags on pornbot spam posts...

Creepy. The Blacklist. Wrestlemania? Ladybug and Cat Noir? Barry Allen and Lorde? Scripture? My Little Pony? George Floyd???

SPAMANO. Bit on the nose there chief. What even is that? Oh wait, it's the tag for a Hetalia ship?

Wide net to cast for a post whose 72 notes...are all likes from other bots

#tumblr #spambots

[extremesocialoutcast]

Ranting about NSFW spam in "your tags"; all-caps yelling

WHAT'S WITH THE FUCKING PORN BOTS

I LITERALLY STOPPED FOLLOWING AESTHETIC TAGS LIKE "webcore" AND "frutiger aero" BECAUSE THEY KEPT SPAMMING THEIR SHIT ON THOSE TAGS

NOW THEY'RE TAGGING PINKIE PIE FROM MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC

PINKIE PIE FROM MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC

THE IMAGES THEMSELVES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHARACTER. IT'S JUST REGULAR, THEMELESS PORN. WHAT THE FUCK.

#spambots #spam bots #bot crisis #tumblr bots #tumblr fix this #my little pony #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp #mlp fim #pinkie pie #webcore #frutiger aero #aesthetic

[thedurvin]

What do y’all think about this spambot name, happy coincidence from a random name generator or are they just sticking “sexy” in front of minor historical figures?

#James Madison #spambots