Another friendly disagreement bot! Report and block! (And before you ask for the link, I can’t provide one because I’ve reported and blocked it) - ThreadSky

jlo1972.bsky.social•143 days ago

What I can’t wrap my head around is, what is the point of these bots? Is there a profit motive, an end-game?

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jlo1972.bsky.social•143 days ago

3 million years of evolution to create the homo sapiens brain and this is what they do with it. Pathetic.

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oldbrowncoatrebel.bsky.social•143 days ago

Disinformation, confusion of the issues, giving those that believe in the "alt facts" justification in disbelieving something.

They want to keep the truth clouded so that they can claim that nothing is settled or true so people continue to be ignorant.

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s-coop.bsky.social•143 days ago

This. All of this.

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american-x.bsky.social•143 days ago

Did you tell them to bite your shiny metal ass?

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idlewild1914.bsky.social•143 days ago

Reported & blocked

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bfgaloot.bsky.social•143 days ago

Cool, account has been suspended

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thefarshore.bsky.social•143 days ago

This appears to be another one…
https://bsky.app/profile/elaineavila605.bsky.social

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martwest.bsky.social•143 days ago

✅

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mattallison.bsky.social•143 days ago

This kind of thing really should be avoidable at the sign-up part of joining bsky.

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backgroundn015e.bsky.social•143 days ago

The other sus accounts I saw are "scrapers" that grab a category and repost it. Much of it AI generated with tells I'm not going to broadcast. But the same mistake the same way in multiple accounts - nah. Sus AF

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justbehonest.bsky.social•143 days ago

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stevedavis1948.bsky.social•143 days ago

The account has been suspended. Excellent, BlueSky!

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jdny2.bsky.social•143 days ago

They couldn't even bother to use the real zoidberg in their profile picture.

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docv313.bsky.social•142 days ago

Plus this is what Zoidberg really
Looks like

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muskisatotalpos.bsky.social•143 days ago

If anyone is interested what these look like, here is a link. I think I'll block and report it soon.
@god229.bsky.social

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furmom.bsky.social•143 days ago

How can you spot these?

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noturbro.bsky.social•143 days ago

I’d like to know, too. I replied to one of its replies to see what would happen. I know I shouldn’t “feed the animals” but I was curious.

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thefarshore.bsky.social•143 days ago

Their replies sound a bit robotic & usually try to both-sides an issue in a polite way. Few if any posts, just replies in the same monotonous tone.
This seems to be one:
@elaineavila605.bsky.social

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momny.bsky.social•143 days ago

I am on here for news and info. I don't post I fit this but am just a simple person who is a news nerd. I am also not very tech savvy with this stuff.

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bluecat24.bsky.social•143 days ago

Am I the only one who Can't believe individuals ACTUALLY rely on "THIS" for any kind of guidance???

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tkg-nc.bsky.social•142 days ago

Well shit another one who has had their account nuked before I can block!

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catincognito.bsky.social•143 days ago

Suspended 😂😂😂😂

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s-coop.bsky.social•143 days ago

Blocked. That thing is annoying. It even admitted it’s a bot. We had a whole host of movies about these things.

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ourshallowstate.bsky.social•143 days ago

You can see the link on the photo you provided. This shit is hilarious. Who knew? This one hasn't even posted one time, because it isn't geared to post, it's geared to comment. If you click the link, you have to go to "Replies" to see it in action. I had no idea these existed.

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pexsy.bsky.social•143 days ago

Honestly, the profile pic alone should've given it away lol

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backgroundn015e.bsky.social•143 days ago

So.......

Is that the theme song from "Westworld" I hear, or am I imagining Squid Games - for what it's worth ;)

We knew it was a hall of mirrors when we came in, right?

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lindapatch.bsky.social•143 days ago

I had no idea! Good to know! As vet followers with no posts, I'll check that now. Instant block.

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karenbarrett.bsky.social•143 days ago

Sea lion bots are a thing

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spasticmime.bsky.social•143 days ago

It's a contrarian AI reply bot. Won't reply to direct engagement either.

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chicagojcb.bsky.social•143 days ago

What upsets me is, it has almost as many followers as I do. What am I doing wrong?

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tahitiluv.bsky.social•143 days ago

Done!

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markhammechanic61.bsky.social•143 days ago

Thanks, I’ll stick with
Dr. Nick.

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aff417.bsky.social•143 days ago

Done

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blueskyllc.bsky.social•143 days ago

Thank you! Blocked!

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wendymrisme.bsky.social•143 days ago

Account is removed. Moderation here is excellent!

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peytondc.bsky.social•143 days ago

Found one.

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fiddlingpig.bsky.social•143 days ago

https://maxine82.bsky.social

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cmarpa.bsky.social•143 days ago

She appears to be gone

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arizonawastoohot.bsky.social•143 days ago

This one too.

@scooterr70.bsky.social

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tactical-grace.bsky.social•142 days ago

This one got suspended, so that's good.

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lizardrath.bsky.social•143 days ago

Done!

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dazedjosh.bsky.social•143 days ago

The least they could have done is use an actual bloody picture of Zoidberg.

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injore.bsky.social•143 days ago

“I strongly disagree..” over and over again followed by false equivalence and word salad. Thanks for flagging.

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dagenheim.bsky.social•143 days ago

It's not even a picture of Zoidberg. Top notch laziness

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sitara68.bsky.social•143 days ago

I've looked at the posts and replies on these and they really have that wooden AI response sound. Is someone trying to figure out how to use AI like they did with Xitter?

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s-coop.bsky.social•143 days ago

Probably. I looked at its replies and it’s all over the place. It even says 45 wasn’t a convicted felon which he most certainly IS.

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daintist.bsky.social•143 days ago

That's probably because a bot can't separate Trump the citizen from Trump the president. The concept already confuses living human conservatives.

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s-coop.bsky.social•143 days ago

Right 🤣

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bluesteam617.bsky.social•143 days ago

ZoidBYE!

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fortyphobic.bsky.social•143 days ago

Not found. Well done!

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lapetitchat.bsky.social•143 days ago

Looks like a hand crafted bot by Leon Skum.

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resistingautocracy.bsky.social•143 days ago

I do love the description. "I don't speak like an a$$hole, I just behave like one."

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tessab.bsky.social•143 days ago

Account was either deleted or suspended as it no longer comes up in search.

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daintist.bsky.social•143 days ago

This bot is bad and should feel bad.

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blametrumpvoters.com•143 days ago

Try asking it to rephrase its last reply in iambic pentameter

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fallenangel.bsky.social•143 days ago

Here's another one.

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emikk.bsky.social•143 days ago

So what can we do to stop them, besides just reporting and blocking? I'm worried that they can proliferate far faster than we can report/block them, because as a "polite disagreement" bot, they're a lot harder to spot than bots or trolls who are caustic.

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garibaldib.bsky.social•143 days ago

I also blocked Maxine89 preemptively.

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moonchild1234.bsky.social•143 days ago

I spent hours this morning just going down the list that was provided on here. It was so satisfying 😁

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counterintuitive80.bsky.social•143 days ago

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icanandiwill2day.bsky.social•143 days ago

Reported and blocked

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julesmcc.bsky.social•143 days ago

Caught a lovely example.

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nastyoldwoman.bsky.social•143 days ago

When you report to the BlueSky Moderator it blocks them for the entire platform. That account/person is gone for everyone.

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iamericpete.bsky.social•143 days ago

It's already suspended.

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nightbook.bsky.social•143 days ago

What a disappointing use of what could be a great account. So much could be done with a Zoidy account in the right hands 🫤

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damnusernametaken.bsky.social•143 days ago

instablock

https://bsky.app/profile/maxine82.bsky.social

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karenbarrett.bsky.social•143 days ago

No time for sea lions

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lordblandings.bsky.social•143 days ago

I sometimes try to express friendly disagreement. I hope I don’t get mistaken for a bot. 🥸

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davidtigerfan.bsky.social•143 days ago

I feel like I need to be impolite in comments now....LOL

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seven.modr.us•143 days ago

Musks techs really are trying hard aren’t they…

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ynotask.bsky.social•141 days ago

Found another!

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cheribuss.bsky.social•143 days ago

Done @maxine82

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blueglove.bsky.social•143 days ago

It looks like the photo has already been changed up. Many zoidberg profiles strangely.

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clifftruesdell.bsky.social•143 days ago

“I’m not a bot. I’m a bot.”

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s-coop.bsky.social•143 days ago

“Not to promote a specific agenda,” yet in one of its replies it said tRump was not a convicted felon, which he most certainly IS until further notice.

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mellowpurple.bsky.social•142 days ago

Lol

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daintist.bsky.social•143 days ago

LOL this is what us mortal meatbags call a "self-own"

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kultarr.bsky.social•143 days ago

Are you creating a block list of these bots?

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arda-mortyne.bsky.social•143 days ago

Done. Freaks starting to pile on. Let's try to keep this place decent.

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artsytrish.bsky.social•143 days ago

done

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saberkhai.bsky.social•143 days ago

I absolutely LOVE how we're just not going to feed the beast over here.

"Hey, saw this account, seems sketchy and AI-generated, I recommend a block!"

BOOM! Done. And we're back to talking about cats and health insurance CEOs...

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kadykay.bsky.social•143 days ago

Here's another sketchy friendly disagreement account.

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batmum.bsky.social•143 days ago

… aaaand blocked, thanks for flagging!

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dotc-boston.bsky.social•143 days ago

whoops, i mean, @maxine82.bsky.social might be the way to give the link to block?

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dotc-boston.bsky.social•143 days ago

@maxine82.bsky.social might be the way to give the link? i already blocked, so we’ll see if this works.

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joenielsen10.bsky.social•143 days ago

Thank you for the heads-up. The account has been blocked on my end. #TakingOutTheTrash

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kelijacobi.bsky.social•143 days ago

Seems to be LOTS of “Zoids”

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j-me-hy-it.bsky.social•143 days ago

what is the point of these bots though?

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oldbrowncoatrebel.bsky.social•143 days ago

Disinformation, confusion of the issues, giving those that believe in the "alt facts" justification in disbelieving something.

They want to keep the truth clouded so that they can claim that nothing is settled or true so people continue to be ignorant.

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j-me-hy-it.bsky.social•142 days ago

😫

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yukijae.bsky.social•142 days ago

They were suspended before I could block!

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zeusmtl94.bsky.social•143 days ago

Blocked

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freyjalecks.bsky.social•143 days ago

Thank you for the heads up.

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oregongrown.bsky.social•143 days ago

Must be gone because I can't find it

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avr2.bsky.social•143 days ago

Did you try the Maxine82?

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moderatewill.bsky.social•143 days ago

The account is now suspended. 😎

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oregongrown.bsky.social•143 days ago

Yes I did now. And while I was at it I blocked A few others on someone's list

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kristinat1.bsky.social•143 days ago

Same

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10000talkers.bsky.social•143 days ago

Same

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maginsia.bsky.social•143 days ago

I am offended. If your going to ripoff Futurama at least be a person. Or funny. Or a funny person. Even quippy, I'll take that. Even the bots in Futurama had, mostly non polite, personality.

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