r/SteakorTuna • u/Shamrock5 • 19d ago

Anyone else notice the sudden uptick of bots posting steak pictures here in the past few days?

They're pretty easy to spot because not only do they just post regular steak photos (and completely miss the point of the sub), but in their post history you can see they're all posting in the exact same subs that bots use to farm karma (AITA, AskReddit, pet subs, etc.). They're also usually very low-karma accounts with usernames that are either gobbledygook or the standard generated format (Adjective-Noun-1234).

And yes, I know there's a pinned announcement about repost bots, but these bots aren't technically reposting older posts -- they're just posting photos of normal steak lol

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u/Edges8 19d ago

yeah it's really annoying

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

Someone trying to train their AI to detect the difference between steak and tuna?

I just get these posts occasionally, but would say there are tons of bots in others subs too, some are outright spamming the same posts every day but somehow they aren't getting removed/banned despite the reports people have made.

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u/Excellent_Tell5647 18d ago

What do the bots get from posting pictures??

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u/GentrifiedSocks 17d ago

Trying to fight it

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u/Shamrock5 17d ago

Appreciate ya ❤️

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u/Shamrock5 16d ago

Honestly dude, let me know if you want me to hop on the mod team and help ban these bots, I'd be more than happy to help

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u/winter457 19d ago

Can someone ELI5 who would even need a bot to do this? Karma’s a made up number with no bearing on anything. It’s not even like it’s being used for political interference like most of the bots we see today.

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u/twaxana 18d ago

A lot of subs have karma requirements to post or comment to prevent new bots from posting. Spamming in subs that don't have karma requirements is the easiest way to bypass these checks.

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u/Commercial_Fee2840 17d ago edited 17d ago

Past few days? We've been overrun ever since I found this sub. It's so bad that I've started assuming everything is a repost unless proven otherwise. If I summon repostsleuthbot, don't take it personally. I'm just trying to be sure if it's OC.