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this is kind of a niche issue but: if you are getting weird and hostile responses that feel a little off, there are some folks on here making accounts that automatically reply to large quantities of posts in a vaguely hostile manner. you can ignore them, and also, it's not personal

i believe the way those work is they're hooked up to chatgpt or something like that and they just reply in really high volumes; you can identify them by looking at their reply tab and seeing if they're talking faster than anyone could reasonably type.

i don't know what these are actually *for* but the people who run them are usually posting racist memes and shit too. i don't think you need to be scared of them! but don't let them waste your time.

Yesterday I commented on a post and this account replied either "bzzt wrongo" to whatever I said.

Maybe you’re always wrong

There is a block list of these accounts at bsky.app/profile/did:... run by @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social . The list is sometimes empty or nearly so; I guess that once we all block an account it gets closed down and vanishes from the list.

List appears to be empty?

I vet everyone. I’m surprised to see some people with 20k plus followers that have two or three re-posts and/or replies. I don’t go near those, sorry!🤷‍♀️ Gotta be careful, Resisters💙 If you see someone suspicious, report it to BlueSky

I also watch out for a lot of AI images

The list you reference says it is empty

Oh, for sure. You could spot those bots a mile away on Twitter because they'd post entire paragraphs of the vaguest imaginable platitudes, copied and pasted straight out of ChatGPT. 🤡

ChatGPT has an API, no need for a human copying and pasting. It can be automated.

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