#bot blocking

[trinitylinncaanen]

I get that there's a bunch of new people who don't get tumblr because bird app is bird app. Trust me, I barely understand how this platform works myself. But if you don't have a pfp, a blog name or bio, likes, posts, retumbls (reblogs), etc and you follow me with your Untitled empty account, I will assume you are a bot, report your account as spam and then block you. Sorry not sorry

[danses-with-dogmeat]

Hey y'all, quick question. Is anyone else getting really general comments on their ao3 works from generic names that seem very bot-like?

At first glance, the comments were nice, but they don't make a lot of sense in regards to the content (these were all on the recent Arcade angst oneshot I wrote) but if they're bots, I don't see the point in comments like these? Since there's no link or anything, and the accounts don't have anything on them from what I can tell. Idk, I'm just curious if anyone else is experiencing this at all, or if anyone knows what their purpose is.

[grieving-angel-hopeful-demon]

Upon the being informed that new account are forced to follow 3-4 blogs before being given access to blog customization, I will be updating my bot blocking policy:

You have 3 days to change your icon, title, or make a post or you will be blocked!

[skeletondanc3r]

Just letting everyone know, please have a profile picture and Tumblr name in your profile so I'm sure you're not a bot. If you follow me and you don't have one I'm going to assume you're a bot and I'll have to block you.

Apologies if I've accidentally blocked any non-bots, hopefully this will prevent it from happening in the future.

[bobgoesw00t]

Dear tumblr: it’s that time yet again to do something about the bot blogs that keep following me. Thanks!

[aqueouserbium]

Wowie, Tumblr handed me a post that the bots really liked!

As always, I'm not censoring shit, especially if Tumblr's ALGORITHM is showing me this unlabeled spam. Anyway, note that all 562 notes are also bots below the cut. Here's a link to the post to make block+reporting easier:

Anyway, if you want more VISUAL PROOF of this being a bot post instead of someone abusing the tag system, then here's the entire Notes list as of now:

It stopped me from posting the rest. Hold on.

[theblackdragon-studios]

Reminder:

If you have a blog with nothing on it and a default icon, I will report as spam and block your account.

I can’t tell what is a bot and what isn’t. It isn’t personal.

EDIT:

Looks like bots might be reblogging sexual and model-based stuff to look more like real people now. So I’m blocking any and all blogs with that unless you put ‘I’m new to Tumblr’ on your description section at least.

[abybweisse]

Update to bot blogs post

I've noticed some new trends, though this approach can change again at any time.

A recent ask (or dm?) was about the pørn bots that have such random urls that you have no idea what's waiting for you when you check out the blog. Then it's hardcore pørn!

I'm here to tell you the best way to avoid seeing that content. Well, sort of. 😕

Most of the ones I'm seeing now that have the hardcore video content all have a major thing in common: the title and description of the blog will be a first name. The same name just as the title and repeated as the description. And the pfp is typically a picture of some random woman.

But, you won't be warned what you are likely to see before you open it to confirm and report/block... because only the url shows in the notification or activity log, not the blog title. If the title showed before clicking it, you'd be clued-in by a first name as the only title. I don't know how to select the report or block option without actually opening/viewing the blog. That means that you will see some content of the latest post. If you are on your phone, you might be able to place a hand over most of the video while you use the other hand to report and block, but chances are you will still see a bit more content than you wanted. I use this method to report and block such blogs while I'm at work. 😅 Working for a government agency, I definitely don't want to be caught seemingly looking at pørn, even off-duty at lunch!

Here are some examples of urls being used and how the tops of their blogs look (dirty content not shown, for the sake of my readers).

The app or my phone was glitching when I took the pics above, so some of the random pfp's are not showing at all, but they do have some kind of pfp, of course. Here are a couple examples of what I mean about their titles and descriptions:

I cut off the posts to protect your eyes and minds. 😆 The content of the videos is exactly what you might expect. As you can see, one of the examples even has watermarks on their videos for the website they supposedly originated from.

The only way you might be warned about the content before opening the blog is if you see it in the likes section of notes on a post. If you see a like from a random url that shows a first name only for the title, it's probably one of these pørn blogs.

There's another trend I've seen lately, and it's for blank blogs that have hyphenated urls. Some of the blocked blogs listed above show examples of those hyphenated urls. There have been recent posts about this trend because some of the url names are funny. The pfp's are still women but not always close-ups. And there's no limit to the apparent age of the women in the photos. A few examples:

The abortive-rebound one I actually looked up just to report and block it, since it was shown in someone else's post about funny bot urls.

Well, there you have it. That's my update on the bots... for now.

[metalaunch]

L-Leo...G-g-god...goddess....

Leo Sex Goddess of South Dakota....

[minty-the-magic-man]

dear bots of tumblr: please leave me the fuck alone

i don't need your putrid stench ruining my day

[nyctophilemist]

Go ahead and try me, you stupid bot/empty blogs. My blocking finger is all warmed up.

[chip193-anesthesia]

On another person's blog, I saw an idea that I am going to follow their lead on.

I am going to block all users that have no postings on their profile as I will assume it is a bot.

[superbeans89]

Tfw you have to block some bots but they have objectively great usernames

[frilledshark-enthusiast]

I just got followed by a p#rn bot called “front stabbing”

[proserpine-in-phases]

Girl I'm already drained

[earth-man-head]

I know that amount of people that use a picture of themself as a pfp on Tumblr is probable low but as soon as someone with this type of pfp and nothing on their account subscribes to me I automatically block them. Sorry if i've ever banned someone real tho.