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How do you stop a bot from posting? 2017-08-12 02:07:06 Post No. 362621
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How do you stop a bot from posting? 2017-08-12 02:07:06 Post No. 362621
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It’s no secret (even thought some people are trying to make it one) that over on /qa/ there is a bit of a bot problem and I was wondering if there was a way to stop it.
For those who don’t know, the sort version is that an anon set up a bot to automatically bump threads he personally enjoyed every time they hit page 10. The bot would always post some sort of spam message, but deleted the post ASAP so no one would have enough time to report it and to stop the post from eating up the bump limit. This let him have all the immortal threads that he wanted and made sure he could control the board. Now there are at least 3 copycats who are bot bumping their own threads along with ones they like too. I’m just looking for a way to put an end to it.
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Go back
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>>362622
Look, I'm just saying, there has to be a way to stop it.
The last thing we need is for this to catch on and some anon start using this to keep the generals he likes alive on other boards forever.
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>>362623
Organize a counter to flood his threads with sageposts until they hit the bump limit. If the board is too slow for this to be feasible, then the autistic bumper isn't really hurting much.
>The last thing we need is for this to catch on and some anon start using this to keep the generals he likes alive on other boards forever.
Someone was already doing this on /trash/
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>>362624
Even if that wouldn't get me banned, it wouldn't work. The bot is fast. It can somehow bump threads faster than the cool down. Past floods have only deleted every thread that wasn't protected by the bots. Even if it did kill on of the threads, he would just make another.
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>>362621
Who is he harming?
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>>362649
redditors
who else post in /qa/?
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