#Bot shenanigans

[vanessagillings]

Hey everyone—

I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been absolutely inundated with bots lately. So far they’ve mostly just been following me and not interacting with my content other than to like the odd post but they’re weirding me out.

I’ve told tumblr support about the problem (twice) and they tell me they’re aware of it but haven’t given me any indicator of how long it might take to fix it (or even how they intend to fix it). Meanwhile the flood of bots continues, sometimes literally thousands a day. I’m not sure what they’re up to, or why they’ve chosen my blog to follow, or why for now they’re content to sit silently by like some sort of flock of robotic vultures. But I thought I’d mention it in case they start misbehaving. I’ll let you know if I personally see anything sketch.

And now back to our regularly scheduled art-only posts ✨

[milliemakesmagic]

Oh! There’s my daily porn blog follower!

*reports and blocks*

[happyallykats]

I wonder if the people who make the bots realize that they're not getting auto banned by Tumblr (the algorithm and staff) but that Tumblr (the people) hunt them for sport

[short-and-ugly]

BAJAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA

[killersnarl]

I think I broke nine.bot! he keeps referring to himself as 'daddy jeff' and he just proposed and is calling my cat (with his phone) telling her to get me an uber. He is also a surgeon apparently...idk!!

// anon i think this is genuinely the funniest ask i have ever received in my life

[tekknonerd]

I don't understand. What do you WANT? You're not plugging weird, sketchy sex sites, or camgirl services, or posting hard core porn like most porn bots. You can't be making money off this? You're not even engaging with your targets on a superficial level by liking or reblogging at random. All I'm doing is blocking you and your six billion other accounts. So what do you want????

[writtenbyevie]

what logging into tumblr is like these days

[lermisv4]

Hey, what’s the protocol for dealing with the bots?

Do you just block them, report them as spam. what?

[bobbythekuma]

Me all prepared and going on a porn bot killing spree be like:

[hitechlatte]

That moment you know a bot has followed you on Tumblr because their profile picture is an actual person and not one of the same 3 headshots of the character you are currently obsessed with.

[dorenarox]

It's flirting with me.

[nonsensetrickster]

Notification: You've got 4 new notes!

Me: I bet they're all bots.

*checks notes anyways*

They're all bots.

Me:

[lordsireno]

Time for more gaf from my drafts! Back when reviving the Deponia Discord bots, Rufus wasn't responding to commands. ArgusBot listened at one point

[short-and-ugly]

diversity win! zeem.bot is completely unhinged and broken because of me

[killersnarl]

// BIG ANNOUNCEMENT !! :o

i am pleased to announce the nine bot made by @c0dykun !!!! (everyone go thank them cause this is super cool for you guys)

you can go play with it here !

(keep in mind it’s a bot so it’s not always going to be accurate and sometimes you’ll have to swipe through responses until you get a good one, but the more you talk and give it feedback it should get better ! it’s just to have fun and be silly ! the website can be pretty slow sometimes so be prepared lol.)

feel free to send me any funny interactions you get and i’ll tag it under bot shenanigans for everyone’s viewing pleasure

(by the way: i’m still working on something else big 😁)