#blocking bots

[furiousgoldfish]

Hey recent followers!

I'm about to block and report all of the bots, and I want to make sure I don't accidentally report and block a real person. Does your blog look like this on the following list?

If you didn't change your icon, and your blog name is 'untitled' or 'sin titulo', I will think you're a bot! As you can see there are many and they're following in droves and on tumblr we have to block them so they don't overtake the site.

Please put any kind of picture as your icon, or even just one post, reblogged or written, on your blog, me (and others) don't block and report you, thinking you're malicious spam!

Bots follow blogs because it gives them a link to a legitimate person on the internet, which makes them look more legitimate, so they could gather clicks and be shown in search results. If you're worried of being perceived as a bot, you can just post 'hey i'm not a bot, don't block me' on your blog, and you're safe!

I'm gonna wait for 24 hours after posting this, and then I'm on reporting duty.

[neowinestainedress]

i usually don't do this but i noticed too many of the new followers look like bots (no profile picture, no bio, no likes/following even if they're visible). so if you don't want me to block you please at least update the profile picture (use anything, just please don't have the default icons) and put something in your bio (would be better if it was your age, to follow me you have to be 16+*). i still stand with what i have written in my rules = i'm not your mom and if you interact with me on nsfw posts as a minor it's not my fault*, but i have a lot of followers and i need to do a cleanup. i'm writing this post now but i will start blocking in a few weeks (depending on how busy i am it will either be the end of december or the start of january) so more of you have time to see this, i will reblog this frequently and give one last warning before starting to block.

*i'm not posting much fluff anymore but it's still something i write so ofc what i stated in the past still stands, if you're a minor you can interact with those works and talk to me about sfw things but you still have to be 16 (if you're younger get out thanks)

feel free to reblog this too so it reaches more people!

[cartoonboingsfx]

Friendly little reminder that if you:

- Don't have a pfp other than the default one

- Don't have a blog title or banner

I will likely block you because I'll think you're a bot. It's not personal but PLEASE for the love of the Tumblr Gods, even if you have likes turned on, Please get a Pfp.

Furthermore I will also block you, or rather ask you to unfollow or block me if you:

- Are a Terf

- Aren't okay with my silly gay fanart and ocs

Thank you!

[back2bluesidex]

I do understand that there are a lot of untitled, ageless blogs who are just random adults like us and way too busy to decorate their account in the right away.

Hence, I don't go out of my way to block all of you because at the beginning of my tumblr days, I used to be just like you all.

However, that does not mean I want to feed NSFW content to just anyone. So, if you are an untitled, ageless blog.. I would request you to please at least add your age to your bio. If you are not comfortable with disclosing your actual age then just add something like 20's or 30's.

But please... it's a request not to leave your blog totally blank. I don't want to start blocking since there are some of you genuine readers wanting to read my stories and I simply don't have that much of time. I just found out one of my followers was a minor and blocked her. Even though she never interacted with any of my stories be it SFW or NSFW... But I still can't tell that she has not consumed any of it.

This is probably 6th time this year, I blocked someone in suspicion of them being underaged.

So please, Add a confirmation of your age to your blog if you are following me. It's a request! 🙏🏻

[leezahbat]

Ugh...

I just went through and blocked a bunch of what I assume to be bot accounts that had followed me recently. I do this from time to time. If you have a generic tumblr with no posts and your avatar looks like some stock photo of a model doing anything, but especially in lingerie/bikini or posing in sexual manner, I will be blocking you. Blank Tumblrs = bots, usually porn bots or phishing expeditions. SO... my follower count is gonna be fluctuating a lot, lol...

[langiinspirations]

At least two bots a day per account. A record was five in one day.

Pls reblog if u vote :)

[mossmx]

ignore my 420 post, I blocked some bots and I'm back below that number (sad laugh because I'm so tired of bots)

[keferon]

Don’t mind me I just like to see him go bananas about cartoonish Autobot rules

Maaan…..if Prowl was in tfp he would spontaneously combust at least once a day

[k2ntwo]

The Bots are Back Again.

This group of porn bots are at least getting better with their naming convention. It's now wordsstrungtogeter#### (words scraped from tags strung together followed by a number) and a generic icon.

This set makes me look twice and click through to check and see if it really is an empty blog. Even then I'll wait a few days just to make sure that it isn't a newbie who just hasn't got around to reblogging anything yet. (yeah, I'm nice that way)

So, pass the message on. An empty blog with a generic icon or a sexy picture will get blocked sooner or later.

And for those of you who say "why bother blocking" please reconsider. Reporting and blocking stops those bots from using this site to drive traffic to and otherwise create false legitimacy for their own purposes. Report them as spam (since its empty not explicit) and block 'em.

[fyonahmacnally]

This is so true.

new to tumblr?

found yourself getting blocked for seemingly no reason?

does your profile look like this:

you're getting blocked because people think you're a bot

do yourself a favour and change your profile images to literally anything except the defaults. give your blog a name, give yourself a bio even if it simply says "new, figuring this out" or something. please, just do ANYTHING that shows everyone you're a human. then you wont get blocked anymore and you'll have a lot more fun here!

oh and while we're here, another hot tip: reblog things. likes do nothing here, there's no algorithm

okay happy tumblring tumblrinos, tumblrinas and tumblrinehs!

[neowinestainedress]

will i look like a bitch if i tagged some bots-looking accounts to warn them that if they don't stop looking like bots i will have to block them? cause the other post i made about it didn't do anything lmao this is getting insane ☠️☠️☠️

[axelfrosteffect]

I do look into the blogs that follow me, and if you pass cause you're an actual person, I follow back. Been on a roll this week for reporting and blocking bot accounts. At least 2 every day, and I gotta say it's kinda fun for me.

As a reminder, I report and block default-icon accounts as bots because I cannot tell the difference at a glance, and I will not waste my time investigating.

[mithrilhearts]

THE LORD OF THE DINGS: RETURN OF THE PORN BOTS (2023) ↳ dir. @staff (like, please, someone make this stop)

[fandomlovingtransgirl32]

Bots/bot accounts will be blocked.

[phonification]

#yaoimaxxing

[freak-dot-exe]

aye, be i an modren saylor, soul survivee, steering mine vessel from temptation, so i may once more see mine dearest mother and warn mine own countrymen from the horrible woes begotten their beloved sons and fellow saylormen, return’d to mine hoem a dam’ned and fragile man.

(every time i log onto this website i do such a good job of blocking a bunch of bots)