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So what is the comment frequency of these bots? There must be some signal in the activity even if the comments themselves pass the turing test.


Even if there was, I doubt Reddit cares enough to go after them when it’s boosting their valuation


If you find one account you can find a few dozen spam accounts by building a graph of what posts they reply to


Most of them have private profiles these days


There are alternate sources that index reddit comments, but it's really frustrating how easy it would be for Reddit to shut the most prolific bots down if they were so inclined


Does it matter? With enough you can just have them upvote each other.




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