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Yosh, I am going to do something about those bots 

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We need a name!

- Botdestroyerarmy
- Killthebots
- Thebotpurge
- Purgethebots

Which one?

[floople-doople]

Let’s go with Purgethebots

[writing-prompt-s]

Follow @purgethebots if you want to fight! More info will follow soon. 

[dopeprincessofshitposts]

How the fuck are you guys gonna fight? What will you do omg

[writing-prompt-s]

Bot accounts are always hosted on proxies. A proxy changes your device’s IP, so basically Tumblr’s anti-spam system thinks the bot account is a new user, registering with an IP that’s never been used before, while in reality all the accounts are hosted on the same computer or VPS. 

Tumblr allows multiple accounts per IP if you add new accounts to it very slowly. One every 3 days for example. You will trigger the system if you create 10 new accounts in one day with the same IP. Proxies are expensive, so in order to make a profit most botters use the same proxy for more accounts. So basically, if we kill one, we kill 10. 

Then, if you go with cheaper proxies, the proxies you can buy are on the same subnet. If we kill one, we kill 50. 

People bot because it’s profitable. However, if we make one big coordinated effort to purge these bots, they won’t make a profit. The cost of proxies will be more than the revenue, so they will stop. 

Right now it’s an absolute epidemic. But if we work together for a month or so, we have a very high chance of winning this battle! 

[writing-prompt-s]

Good point! 

1. Bot accounts more or less always post the same comments
2. @staff will, as far as I know, verify first before freezing or terminating an account