I’ve noticed we have bots copy pasting Reddit submissions. Is there a method to block them all?

I assume they mean good by ‘generating’ content in communities, but I don’t see a reason why anyone would comment on them since the OP is on Reddit and will never read them.

I know I can block each individual account as I come across them but I’d just prefer to block them all so I don’t see their content at all.

They appear to do the nice thing by adding a line in the submissions about it being an automated submission. Is there a filter for words/phrase found in the body of a submission?

  • Emma @programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    I believe there is a setting to disable seeing posts from accounts labelled as a “bot account”. (I realize that this would technically also hide all other bots, not just reddit repost ones, but I personally don’t really know of any content posted by a bot that I want to see).

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      8 months ago

      Automated mod actions, Sports game threads, L4s, Hackernews reposts, sales threads, weekly threads are what you might miss out on.

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        8 months ago

        I want more sports related bots to post, I know I missed blocking some. Roaches they are, everywhere.