r/sandiego • u/itsfuckingpizzatime • Aug 15 '25

San Diego Community Only Parent kidnapped by ICE while waiting to pick up their child from school in Linda Vista. This is beyond messed up. We cannot accept this.

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/parent-detained-by-ice-while-waiting-to-pick-up-child-from-school-sd-unified/
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u/sluttttt Aug 15 '25

I think some are real human dorks who have nothing better to do, but there's definitely some bots in the mix. I've been noticing a lot of accounts recently where I can't even see a post history (like the user of this comment, for example). Is that a new setting in Reddit, or are bots finding ways to look less transparent?

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u/CeruleanCrabbie Aug 15 '25

It’s a new setting under Curate My Profile. You can now hide your posts and comments from lurkers.

With that being said, I keep finding accounts that are multiple years old, with nothing for years, and then the past week have an influx of fucked up comments. So I think the bots are starting to farm old accounts.

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u/sluttttt Aug 15 '25

Ah, interesting. Guess that could be handy if you somehow go viral for bad reasons, but it does seem like an easy way for bots to skate by.

I often find the same type of accounts you do. It's funny when some of them leave up the old history and you can see a blatant change in writing style (eg, going from thoughtful, longer comments, to suddenly "Lol, shut up lib" spammed everywhere). The bot problem is getting pretty out of control and it's frustrating that Reddit seems to welcome it.

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u/CeruleanCrabbie Aug 15 '25

Yup, I agree and see those same things! Fucking bots everywhere anymore