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Is Lemmy also full of bots like Reddit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by nerdhd@lemmy.world 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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[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe Captchas could help against automated calls or something?

[–] AzuraTheSpellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Yup short of some insane surveillance of all users, there's just no way to prevent bots. So the only action we can take is stay vigilant and report any bot activities and clean up as much as we can.

[–] moufle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

As a human being, I failed at most Captchas (blurry images with bikes, buses...)