Invasion of the Bots

#Parler was infested with #UpVoteBots

I noticed this shortly after Parler returned after being deplatformed by Amazon.

These #bots upvoted simultaneously.  They had duplicated content (MOCIS, Time4coffee, Bencarsonteam) and thousands of upvotes, but zero comments. None were verified accounts.

I started calling out the accounts by name and reporting them to Parler.  Soon they stopped.  Some had blocked me.  Others were deactivated.

Was Parler running these bots themselves to boost simulated participation?

Now my account is almost totally silent even though I supposedly have thousands of followers.

Be careful what you wish for.  Parler is almost totally dead in terms of participation.

It was this stupidity that led me to self-hosting The Darker Net and The Bitstream

Let’s hope #GETTR doesn’t have the same problems.

Update: Twitter is out in full force with CovidBots

Please follow @Vincente for daily reminders to #StopTheStupid

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Vincente D'Ingianni

The red-pilled 80s CyberPunk from New Orleans with a low tolerance for stupidity.
Editor-in-Chief at The Bitstream and Head Coach at The Judokai in Dallas.
A devilish Telecom and VoIP geek.
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