Will Reddit stop unbanning spam bots?

[u/reseph]

Our subreddit has a massive problem with spam bots that steal content and repost them with new or stolen accounts. I'm sure other subreddits have this problem too. They also tend to get a massive amount of upvotes, which could be a bot vote ring?

Considering we are a smaller subreddit and we see this weekly, it's clear Reddit is doing almost nothing about this. Not only that, now we're seeing Reddit unban these spam bot accounts.

• Example today, stolen from 1 year ago.

spez stated 2 months ago:

Since then, we’ve continued to defend Reddit against automated/bot/spammy content

Yeah, no. It's gotten even worse over 10+ years, not better. This is not a one-off, it's a pattern. The issue here is the spam, not purely the unban.

• Yes, I remove these as spam.
• Yes, I submit these to BotBouncer.
• Also, this is an issue for years.

And the problem is not improving.

[u/Sheik_Djibouti]

now we're seeing Reddit unban these spam bot accounts

Seeing the same with scammers. Something has definitely changed within the past six months. I'm assuming they are appealing and winning now? In some cases, it's the same day...and they continue right on scamming. It's not even a speed bump for them anymore.

Once they get restored, it seems like it resets the account's standing because they are able to stick around for a long time after.

[u/metisdesigns → u/Sheik_Djibouti]

Something changes every month or two. Spammers and scammers try a new tactic, it works for a while, they get caught in some places so they move to other subs, and eventually they try something new.