i think this one was purest form of it to date https://www.404media.co/inside-the-world-of-tiktok-spammers-and-the-ai-tools-that-enable-them/

according to his own claim, and he’s selling his super secret methods. he might be just making shit up

It’s been a thing for years, way before api shitshow

*bong rip* you know what would make bots vanish* tolerable? eye-devouring shitcoin-based authentication scheme (illegal in EU)

* the other people’s bots, that is

on reddit, the website plays you

have rules never clearly explained, get banned pretty much immediately. a taste of real reddit experience™ even that i’ve never got banned sitewide (only on r/conservative) i guess you win if you touch grass or quit