Usually a good sign of a bot is that they randomly follow you, follow people in the literal thousands that is absolutely unrealistic, while barely anyone follows em'
Plus the lack of self posts, bots also tend to use common lines such as they are a professional artist among similar lines.
Tbh any one that’s a person having a Bluesky account, I recommend you give your account a profile picture because people become suspicious of you if you don’t; sometimes you’ll be blocked too
Depends on where they come from. Facebook users for instance, I'm pretty sure are accustomed to using their irl photos and having minimalist profiles; I know some people who have been fleeing here from that site.
Personally, one of the very first things I did when I moved to BSky, before I even started following people, was an introduction post with a picture. It's extremely difficult to have an empty media tab, so much so that an empty one makes me insanely suspicious. :T
That's what I'd like to know. Usually, telltale sign is going on their profile and seeing if they themselves posted anything, or their username being a string of numbers, or their profile pic.
I just joined and I had someone messaging me asking my to buy commissions from them. I said that’s a very strange way to conduct business. It’s very off putting. Idk if that a bit or scammer or a kid. No idea. Either way they only repost other peoples art so found that odd too. 🚩
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I'm like if you're not even posting, what's the point?
usually bots currently seem to just follow whoever including other bots
https://pickerwheel.com/pw?id=awWNA
Plus the lack of self posts, bots also tend to use common lines such as they are a professional artist among similar lines.
Also if you lable yourself as an artist but your media tab is empty that's also a big no-no for me.
And ahhh yeah unless it’s an artist moving from like Twitter for example but haven’t gotten around to posting anything yet
Mostly, it's profiles with no posts of their own, or only a couple, and they've followed thousands of people within a day. The pfp is hit or miss.
I want real people to follow me. T_T Go away bots!
Lots of accounts are just empty repost globs and have nothing to say, so... no loss blocking them?
Unfortunately these aren’t 100%, they could be a real artist and new or trying new things (hell my art can be inconsistent), hard to tell sometimes