A volunteer-made project that fights bots on Reddit is shutting down (BotDefense)
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From the article:
A volunteer-made project that fights bots on Reddit is shutting down. BotDefense, a tool that helps fight bots in more than 3,600 subreddits and has nearly 150,000 accounts on its bans list, will be going away.
As for why:
The community of users and moderators submitting accounts to us depend on Pushshift, the API, and third-party apps. And we would be deluding ourselves if we believed any assurances from Reddit given the track record of broken promises. Investing further resources into Reddit as a platform presents significant risks, and it’s safer to allocate one’s time, energy, and passions elsewhere.
A volunteer-made project that fights bots on Reddit is shutting down.
[Media: https://www.reddit.com/r/BotDefense/comments/14riw76/botdefense_is_wrapping_up_operations/] BotDefense, a tool that helps fight bots in more than 3,600 subreddits and has nearly 150,000 accounts on its bans list, will be going away. As for why: > The community of users and moderators submitting accounts to us depend on Pushshift, the API, and third-party apps. And we would be deluding ourselves if we believed any assurances from Reddit given the track record of broken promises. Investing further resources into Reddit as a platform presents significant risks, and it’s safer to allocate one’s time, energy, and passions elsewhere.
The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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From the article:
A volunteer-made project that fights bots on Reddit is shutting down. BotDefense, a tool that helps fight bots in more than 3,600 subreddits and has nearly 150,000 accounts on its bans list, will be going away.
As for why:
The community of users and moderators submitting accounts to us depend on Pushshift, the API, and third-party apps. And we would be deluding ourselves if we believed any assurances from Reddit given the track record of broken promises. Investing further resources into Reddit as a platform presents significant risks, and it’s safer to allocate one’s time, energy, and passions elsewhere.
A volunteer-made project that fights bots on Reddit is shutting down.
[Media: https://www.reddit.com/r/BotDefense/comments/14riw76/botdefense_is_wrapping_up_operations/] BotDefense, a tool that helps fight bots in more than 3,600 subreddits and has nearly 150,000 accounts on its bans list, will be going away. As for why: > The community of users and moderators submitting accounts to us depend on Pushshift, the API, and third-party apps. And we would be deluding ourselves if we believed any assurances from Reddit given the track record of broken promises. Investing further resources into Reddit as a platform presents significant risks, and it’s safer to allocate one’s time, energy, and passions elsewhere.
The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Reddit used to be a really nice thing with good conversations and good people. That's all gone but I can't help but think every community will go toxic, at some point. Sooner or later, any group of people is taken over by people who either don't understand how to respect people or actively seek to abuse people who do not share their view. Perhaps Lemmy will go that way, one day. I hope not but I will enjoy Lemmy while it's a terrific place.
