Reddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months later
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For the threads with the older one on the left: https://lemmy.world/post/14859950
(Thank you @Nelots@lemm.ee )
Never trust a default username
[adjective] [noun] [3-4 digits] is always a sign of bad news, on social media and Xbox Live
And here I thought making a default username looking one was a good idea…
I've switched to name generation to stay extra anonymous...
Yeah, that’s what I was going for, I wanted a very typical name.
the John Smith of our times
Cutesy auto generated names are too useful for bots, the lazy, and fans of cutesy name combos.
Should have made defaults your approximate IP geolocation. I’m kidding of course for privacy reasons, but a little similar motivation to think about a better name during creation couldn’t hurt (looking at Reddit here).
Edit: but hey - maybe it’s not desirable for one to be able to distinguish users. I wonder… nah, Reddit would never… 😒
This dude is from Pennsylvania.
I don't know about that. I now stick to default names after HR told my department to help them identify some leakers on reddit.
Usually Xbox Live has XxxNAMExxX
When you use “connect with Apple” it creates an account with a name constructed this way.
You can change it afterwards but no one does.
EDIT: Wait, is it the default Reddit way?
Yeah I think any account you create now has that as the default. Or at least did a few years ago.
So it's really more of a "many new accounts are bots" rather than "you can distinguish bots by this account name format".