RoyalBeeMage Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 How does one report a bot? Not that I have found one yet but just in case 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerie Braids Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 10 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said: How does one report a bot? Not that I have found one yet but just in case In the top right corner of their post, there are three dots. If you click on those, it will give you the option to report the post, along with an optional reason for why you reported it (you can just write "Spambot" or something similar). From there, the mods can make a full investigation and ban the account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeoryi Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 9 hours ago, RoyalBeeMage said: How does one report a bot? Not that I have found one yet but just in case Basically hit report on one of the spambot 's posts and write spambot in the "reason" text box If the bot has no posts, you can post an SU on their profile and report that. Only report each bot once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aredor Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Found one in Entertainment Discussion. Elimination Count: 2 It's funny to me how poorly their tactics are working. There were barely any views in any of the posts. One must wonder why they try... It wasn't even a "buy from me" post. There is no point to doing this! It does feel satisfying to take them down, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBeeMage Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 what constitues a bot. i have found 2 people who have never posted anything and haven't been online since a few hours(or minutes) since they where created. the more "recent" one hasn't been online since November 22 2023. just want to know before i report someone for the first time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaidakar the Ghostblood Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, RoyalBeeMage said: what constitues a bot. i have found 2 people who have never posted anything and haven't been online since a few hours(or minutes) since they where created. the more "recent" one hasn't been online since November 22 2023. just want to know before i report someone for the first time. Check the about me and other information stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego Mistborn Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Even if they're not a bot, they're an account that isn't being used and it takes up space online. I don't know what the mods opinion is on this, but I would report if the account isn't new and hasn't been used since it was created for the following reasons. In all likelyhood, it is a bot If it is not a bot, it is unused and, as mentioned, using up storage that has to be paid for I don't know what sort of storage plan the shard uses, nor whether removing a few accounts will make it cheaper, but that's why the mod's decide whether to delete an account, because they do know If it does get deleted and it ends up being a real person, well, since in this case they have no posts, it's not like anything has really been lost, and they can create a new account with the same name easily enough. Now, if a mod were to say not to report accounts that meet this criterion but seem somewhat like a genuine account, then put in the effort to look at their about me, but otherwise, I'd assume the mods are gonna ban them no matter what. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AonEne Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 We don't ban accounts that have no signs of being bots. If there's no advertisement in their profile, we leave them be. We might reach a point where we have too many accounts and have to start deleting unused ones or ones only made for Aether of Night (there're a lot of those), but I don't think we're there yet. I don't know how much they add to hosting costs right now, though. On 2/7/2024 at 7:02 AM, RoyalBeeMage said: what constitues a bot. i have found 2 people who have never posted anything and haven't been online since a few hours(or minutes) since they where created. the more "recent" one hasn't been online since November 22 2023. just want to know before i report someone for the first time. Timing, on the other hand, doesn't matter - if they've got spam in their about me or website links, then even if they haven't been online since they created the account, it's still spam and can still be reported. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBeeMage Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 both of the acounts i reported had advertisements in their about me's which led me to report them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBeeMage Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 sorry for the dubble post. i found a bot posting and just as i returned to the home page i saw a new bot that had just joined and started posting. i was just laughing at the coincidence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerie Braids Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 I just woke up, checked my phone, and was hit by 167 notifications. Such is the price of following "Cosmere Discussion," "Introduce Yourself," and "General Brandon Discussion". Still, getting to report three bots in as many minutes was very satisfying! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AonEne Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 300+ notifs, I need the shallanohno emoji! Took care of it all but sorry for the delay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scars of Hathsin Posted March 13 Author Report Share Posted March 13 *throws up in mouth* Reported another one, hope a mod gets them soon *further retches in bucket* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBeeMage Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, Scars of Hathsin said: *throws up in mouth* Reported another one, hope a mod gets them soon *further retches in bucket* I’ve reported a few lately as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AonEne Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 That was a lot, sorry that no one saw them before now! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightRinger Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 I’m like the only one up rn, but two guys really want to get us into voodoo and change our flights. @AonEne or other mods, how do I report them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trutharchivist Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 11 minutes ago, LightRinger said: I’m like the only one up rn, but two guys really want to get us into voodoo and change our flights. @AonEne or other mods, how do I report them? You aren't, congratulations! If you're on mobile, there are three dots on every post's corner, if you press on them it offers you to report. Otherwise, the little flag icon in the corner of a post is the reporting button - just press on it, write in the text box that it's a spambot or something and send. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightRinger Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Thank you! I’ll do that in the future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRavenHasLanded Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Hey, dont do the status update reporting if there is already a post by the bot, which I just learned. and I still love seeing what they try to sell, its hilarious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AonEne Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 they just keep coming and they don't stop coming, something something what's the rest of the song Yeah, if there are posts reporting one of those is best. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRavenHasLanded Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 i like putting funny variations of bot on the report for them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trutharchivist Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 Just reported to. 'tisn't much, but I hope it helps the war effort. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRavenHasLanded Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 *sigh* i just love the bots sometimes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightRinger Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 On 3/18/2024 at 8:01 AM, AonEne said: they just keep coming and they don't stop coming, something something what's the rest of the song The bots start coming and they don’t stop coming. They’re breaking the rules tryna take our money. Started reporting spammers for fun, they make me feel smart cause they act so dumb. At least I think that’s how it goes… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyEverNot_8 Posted Wednesday at 06:40 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:40 PM Hey, question. I found a bot that allegedly has 0 posts (according to it’s profile) but it has at least 6 in the Forum Games tab. Also should I report all of the posts by a different bot or just one? (I figure reporting 51 messages won’t do much good other than to annoy the mods, but if it actually helps rather than hurts, let me know) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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