WayOfTheBern sub reddit has a novel.approach to bots. Its called the turtle tax. If someone is clearly just there to shitmix or is doing an awful lot of copypasta or otherwise seems bottish, they get the turtle tax imposed. They can't post without including "I like turtles" in the post somewhere. If they're a bot, they keep posting s…
WayOfTheBern sub reddit has a novel.approach to bots. Its called the turtle tax. If someone is clearly just there to shitmix or is doing an awful lot of copypasta or otherwise seems bottish, they get the turtle tax imposed. They can't post without including "I like turtles" in the post somewhere. If they're a bot, they keep posting sans the passphrase, blissfully unaware their posts are getting held up. If not, they're just an asshole and can get it lifted by not being an asshole for a while. No one has to agree with anyone, but if someone is just there to spam the sub with abusiveness or cut/paste they wanted a way to also discourage that without outright censorship--esp since paid trolls operate that way. If they're not a bot or a paid troll, they often figure out a constructive way to communucate, get the tax lifted, and we have some good conversation. Even if we don't all agree.
WayOfTheBern sub reddit has a novel.approach to bots. Its called the turtle tax. If someone is clearly just there to shitmix or is doing an awful lot of copypasta or otherwise seems bottish, they get the turtle tax imposed. They can't post without including "I like turtles" in the post somewhere. If they're a bot, they keep posting sans the passphrase, blissfully unaware their posts are getting held up. If not, they're just an asshole and can get it lifted by not being an asshole for a while. No one has to agree with anyone, but if someone is just there to spam the sub with abusiveness or cut/paste they wanted a way to also discourage that without outright censorship--esp since paid trolls operate that way. If they're not a bot or a paid troll, they often figure out a constructive way to communucate, get the tax lifted, and we have some good conversation. Even if we don't all agree.