Main board has been taken over by paid bots

[Begbie_nole]

I was @Das Paratrooper

I would hope everyone would use their same handle and avatar.. makes it more seemless.

 

[BurntJ]

Noticed it during election season and now since inauguration it’s back again. I’m not talking about the usual suspects but actual bots who all parrot the same message with a multi year gap in their posting history. It’s painfully obvious that it’s coordinated
I have noticed this on other boards I frequent with high user bases who are conservative. Anyone else notice this??

Hell the entire MB is made up of Silver Member Bot/Trolls. I too noticed this patter as I have seen this elsewhere too.

 

[Chris Farley]

Noticed it during election season and now since inauguration it’s back again. I’m not talking about the usual suspects but actual bots who all parrot the same message with a multi year gap in their posting history. It’s painfully obvious that it’s coordinated
I have noticed this on other boards I frequent with high user bases who are conservative. Anyone else notice this??

What is a bot exactly?

 

[shiv]

What is a bot exactly?

What you see as a web page is really just a wall of text. You can right click on a page and click inspect page source.

Bots are basically programs that look at page source code and find keywords in the message content. Once certain keywords pop up they respond to the messages with preprogrammed responses.

Basically a computer program that poses as a user on a message board. We can make our own some day if you want. I’m sure there are some on here that have enough programming knowledge to pull it off.

 

[TheNJNole]

Lol. We are writing new software from the ground up. The closest analog will be Reddit to what we are coming up with, but we are going to integrate some unique features that empower the users and not the mini dictators that run all the subreddits over there

Sounds good.... I think. Lol

Good luck to all....

 

[Belezabro]

Lol. We are writing new software from the ground up. The closest analog will be Reddit to what we are coming up with, but we are going to integrate some unique features that empower the users and not the mini dictators that run all the subreddits over there

I applaud you but I almost wish you’d keep this small and simple. It’s inevitable that if this grows it too will be overrun.

 

[shiv]

I applaud you but I almost wish you’d keep this small and simple. It’s inevitable that if this grows it too will be overrun.

So we’ve got some options here. One option is I can create a hidden board for the original members. Lots of things we can do to protect the original community

 

[CMTiger15]

What you see as a web page is really just a wall of text. You can right click on a page and click inspect page source.

Bots are basically programs that look at page source code and find keywords in the message content. Once certain keywords pop up they respond to the messages with preprogrammed responses.

Basically a computer program that poses as a user on a message board. We can make our own some day if you want. I’m sure there are some on here that have enough programming knowledge to pull it off.

 

[Bamaman2988]

I found this site thanks to @The_Goose . The main board really sucks ass now. Nothing like it used to be, hope this place continues to grow.

 

[The_Goose]

I found this site thanks to @The_Goose . The main board really sucks ass now. Nothing like it used to be, hope this place continues to grow.

Welcome, friend.

 

[DuckDitchtiger]

Did anyone hear Brandon Stratka was arrested? I was told he was

 

[Rebarcock.]

Did anyone hear Brandon Stratka was arrested? I was told he was

'WalkAway' campaign founder Brandon Straka charged in connection to Capitol siege

The founder of the “WalkAway” social media campaign that encourages people to leave the Democratic Party has been charged in connection to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. Brandon Straka, 44, was arrested by agents from the FBI Omaha field office on Monday. He is charged with impeding a law...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[SoonerMD09]

Nah man, it'd be funny. Just have it call someone an faggit everytime some common keywords are used.