r/getrektlmao

"Mod":
https://www.reddit.com/user/NotDenied

you can tell he's not using a bot to spam posts, he's manually making posts every minute. why? likely trying to manipulate his posts for engagement

• https://www.reddit.com/user/mceazy91
• https://www.reddit.com/user/ThatOneGuy444 (This account's original owner is still active and seems to be unaware of the hacker)
• https://www.reddit.com/user/4UR-STYLE
• https://www.reddit.com/user/KillerPizza050

• https://www.reddit.com/r/gaybrosgonemild/comments/1v2s1ze/gay_geeknerd_i_love_this_shirt/oyxw6ur/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/caps/comments/1v21kpv/congratulations_to_locker_on_returning_to_the_ice/oyxknu3/?context=10000
• https://www.reddit.com/r/brandnew/comments/1v2d0bs/brand_nizzle_shirt_for_sale/oyxp48l/?context=10000
• https://www.reddit.com/r/pond/comments/1v2pd8j/comment/oyx7tfa/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/sabaton/comments/1v274n4/i_got_this_shirt_a_few_weeks_ago_as_a_gift_the/oyxage4/?context=10000
• https://www.reddit.com/r/GoodwillBins/comments/1v261ay/very_strange_t_shirt_i_saw_today_catch_and_release/oyxc6k6/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/JimothyTheRaccoon/comments/1v2ps7l/be_jimothy/oyxcqhb/?context=10000
• https://www.reddit.com/r/WidespreadPanic/comments/1v2madj/posters/oyxnek8/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/DeathCabforCutie/comments/1v2r1ya/merriweather_poster_from_dcfc_facebook/oyxo9wc/?context=10000
• https://www.reddit.com/r/CraftyEnts/comments/1v2h526/got_tired_of_seeing_so_much_ai_slop_stickers_in/oyyeg5b/?context=10000
• https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahKahan/comments/1v2us0u/finally_had_my_fenway_poster_from_2024_framed/oyyj9hz/?context=10000
• https://www.reddit.com/r/GAA/comments/1v2v9cm/donegal_club_map/oyynpsp/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Epilepsymemes/comments/1v2wdyh/cool_shirt/oyyvap9/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/JimothyTheRaccoon/comments/1v2ps7l/be_jimothy/oyxcjnn/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/nokotan/comments/1v0at1b/nopkotan_tshirts/oye18ne/?context=10000
• https://www.reddit.com/r/AviationHistory/comments/1v088hd/my_rare_1970s_boeing_yqm94_compass_cope_mug_given/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/ndp/comments/1v07amf/right_on/oycyyuv/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/KimetsuNoYaiba/comments/1uzt6ug/new_shirt/oyc5ruo/?context=10000

https://www.reddit.com/r/dating_advice/comments/1v1zt2y/the_woman_im_seeing_keeps_adding_a_normal_errand/

The post is clearly LLM-generated, and there is no option for reporting it as such. OP has already been flagged by Bot Bouncer. This sub is unintentionally or intentionally serving as a karma farming ground for AI spam bots.

https://www.reddit.com/user/Not_Ground/

Had noticed him before because he often posts in tandem with https://www.reddit.com/user/Altruistic-Mud5686. The latter has been on my r/BotPosting list for a long time.

This thread seems like a good example of the modern marketing "patterns": https://old.reddit.com/r/RealTimeStrategy/comments/1v1ixs3/whos_hyped_for_dow_iv/

Note the comments claiming to be hyped, listing a bunch of game features, and then the follow-up question that allows the same account to come back and dump more marketing copy about the game's content.

Apparently that's how astroturfing is done these days, disguise the PR brief as "conversation". This is an interesting example of the pattern carried out, and there's some repeat offender accounts in there too.

Specifically, https://old.reddit.com/user/YakaAvatar (hidden history), https://old.reddit.com/user/GenezisO (has posts that are marketing) and of course OP https://old.reddit.com/user/NecronsNeedSleep (hidden) are ones to watch out for.

This post is a follow up of this post https://www.reddit.com/r/TheseFuckingAccounts/comments/1uw8i3c/48000_paid_reddit_posts_for_3_each_taskflux/?share_id=R4Hk2rAO7EwDtBcDMl6tN&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

An ongoing research into Taskflux and Crowdreply a coordinated spam ring operation paying reddit users in third world countries to post fake reviews, recommendations for promotion in genuine subs, a full list of all observed accounts is on my profile at https://www.reddit.com/u/perkertco/s/doDk12eFzv

https://www.reddit.com/r/OddlyWholesome/

https://old.reddit.com/r/FAANGinterviewprep/

https://old.reddit.com/r/interviewstack/

https://old.reddit.com/r/MockInterviewPartners/

Bot users involved are interviewstack-i and YogurtclosetShoddy43. All the posts seem to be promoting a website called interviewstack. Very obviously AI-generated posts.

I gotta wonder how this is worth it. Like I get it, it's something to do with SEO, but I would think Google would derank subreddits full of nothing but AI garbage. I guess maybe I'm wrong though

An AI-generated text detection model I trained flagged this post while I was watching the console output as it scanned r/all/new

External_Koala971

Post history is hidden but I searched his username on Google and found other posts. In one of his other posts a user called him out and posted this image from back before his post history was hidden, showing that he's been posting multiple of these threads per day, apparently for months.

This is the first one I've run into where it's not just like, trying to promote some website. Honestly kinda freaky to watch an astroturfing campaign live. Allowing people to hide post history seems like a big mistake

Example:https://www.reddit.com/r/Meowi/s/SBYDk9VZjY

Subreddit creates BS app products and encourages users to spam posts all over reddit for "points". I've had to ban numerous accounts in the past day for posting this spam all over my subreddit. Going to have to create automod to automatically filter this BS

I meant to post this a few days ago.

TL;DR: Reddit will require anyone using Old Reddit to log in.

According to Reddit,

Logging in to use Old Reddit

Old Reddit’s logged-out experience is a significant source of abusive scraping and automated traffic on the platform. It’s also an important interface for many long-time mods and redditors. To strike the right balance between preserving your access to Old Reddit while preventing this type of platform abuse, we recently announced that by the end of July, we will start requiring everyone to log in. All logged-in users will continue to have access to Old Reddit, and this change will not impact logged-out browsing on reddit.com. 

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1uvjqkj/mod_monthly_your_july_2026_newsletter_is_here/

Accounts observed posting content matching the task templates:

https://www.reddit.com/user/Cool-Ad-8804/
https://www.reddit.com/user/Holiday-Ad8392/
https://www.reddit.com/user/maehmoodul135/
https://www.reddit.com/user/Annual_Fly_7918/
https://www.reddit.com/user/Aimbot_Abhi/
https://www.reddit.com/user/Away_You9725/
https://www.reddit.com/user/BendEnvironmental995/
https://www.reddit.com/user/Alternative-Zone-382/

The paid posts/comments themselves (live, matching the task templates):

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1utvvif/ai_makes_building_faster_but_it_does_not_fix_a/

https://www.reddit.com/r/CRM/comments/1utdwfv/ecom_brands_doing_b2bwholesale_which_lead/

https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1usy1yt/why_my_cold_emails_kept_going_to_spam_for_3/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sales_Professionals/comments/1uttmx8/is_cold_email_legal_my_boss_wants_to_shut_down/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/1ui92qe/will_be_volunteering_at_a_new_renaissance_faires/ovs8cuu/
https://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/comments/1uaq7yg/tested_some_proxy_providers_for_citylevel/ovoz7wn/

https://www.reddit.com/r/salesforce/comments/1sfmpw8/translation_for_service_cloud_chat_and_email/ovu5ik4/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SalesOperations/comments/1ujycxf/what_crm_are_you_using/ow46sos/ https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1sbpqi2/what_is_the_sequence_for_b2b_7_figure_deals/ovuwi37/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CRM/comments/1uiupzl/what_we_underestimated_with_multilocation_gym/ow43xqi/

https://www.reddit.com/r/kosovo/comments/1ulw5x0/stripe_ne_kosove/ovtgslv/

There are hundreds of accounts and thousands of posts i couldnt fit them all here, already reported to r/modsupport and reddit admins and reddit team is on it, also submitted reports to the FTC and Stripe and also contacted a Forbes author who recently wrote about this waiting for their reply

https://old.reddit.com/r/scoopwhoop/

2 hours ago, 28 comments of mine were removed across 17 subs. The vast majority of these comments were bot callouts. I am entertaining the hypothesis that reddit is actively censoring comments pointing out LLM bots. (An alternative hypothesis is that reddit has for innocent reasons mistaken me, a regular contributor for nearly 15 years, for a spammer, but this strikes me as unlikely.)

Examples of these removed comments:

Is this happening to anyone else? The comment removals are done secretly, so you wouldn't know without using an external tool.

Edit: Actually, the status of these comments is uncertain. I have been told that some or all of these comments are publicly visible, not removed as the external tool claims. Perhaps the error is on that end.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Hobbies/s/Z1q10nVZNc

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoolCollections/s/uJ4NO0KiUC

https://www.reddit.com/u/dhull_art/s/3wwgJpTLE6

I see them all over Okbuddycinephile and EldenRing. Looks like there’s a few more subs this bot ring is active in. Most of them have the same stupid username format.

edit: What if reddit had trusted reporters and would remove comments like these when reported?

edit: I suppose if reddit search worked, this would find a lot of them:

https://sh.reddit.com/search/?q=%22Here+you+go%2C+I+have+the+same+one.%22&type=comments

https://www.reddit.com/user/ThatOneGuy444

https://www.reddit.com/user/mccreazy

https://www.reddit.com/user/aconyx

• https://reddit.com/r/granturismo/comments/1uszo0z/xows8i0k/
• https://reddit.com/r/WeLoveYouCaine/comments/1uszxny/x/ows944o/
• https://reddit.com/r/ReallyShittyCopper/comments/1ustk11/x/ows1qsv/
• https://reddit.com/r/AnthonyBourdain/comments/1uszc2y/x/owrwwfj/
• https://reddit.com/r/Vulfpeck/comments/1usw2mb/x/owru4lc/
• https://reddit.com/r/trashy/comments/1usyc1g/x/owrqt3p/
• https://reddit.com/r/TheDigitalCircus/comments/1usx863/x/owrpa68/
• https://reddit.com/r/comedybangbang/comments/1uswa5y/x/owrnmo7/
• https://reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/1usv924/x/owrngt9/
• https://reddit.com/r/MagnumPI/comments/1ustmln/x/owrn6u7/
• https://reddit.com/r/FargoTV/comments/1usutg3/x/owrn0rs/
• https://reddit.com/r/ReallyShittyCopper/comments/1ustk11/x/owrmtbx/
• https://reddit.com/r/Vulfpeck/comments/1usw2mb/x/owrkiri/
• https://reddit.com/r/TheDigitalCircus/comments/1usx863/x/owrj2h5/
• https://reddit.com/r/GTA6/comments/1uswcgt/x/owrif2c/
• https://reddit.com/r/TheDigitalCircus/comments/1usx863/x/owrgtpo/
• https://reddit.com/r/GTA6/comments/1uswcgt/x/owri05a/
• https://reddit.com/r/comedybangbang/comments/1uswa5y/x/owrf7e7/
• https://reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/1usv924/x/owr2fnz/
• https://reddit.com/r/FargoTV/comments/1usutg3/x/owqyem8/
• https://reddit.com/r/MagnumPI/comments/1ustmln/x/owqtcfk/
• https://reddit.com/r/cooladam/comments/1usts0q/x/owqp3p9/
• https://reddit.com/r/ReallyShittyCopper/comments/1ustk11/x/owqm2ru/
• https://reddit.com/r/Brewers/comments/1us9bnk/x/owqgm4g/
• https://reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1usoc5y/x/owqet5r/
• https://reddit.com/r/NHLcirclejerk/comments/1uspso5/x/owq6gfa/

I’ve seen a few accounts over the last few days which have a significant number of post karma with very little comment karma. They are just churning repeat content.

For example:

https://www.reddit.com/user/Pinkplatabys/

https://www.reddit.com/user/FluidPianist00/

I've been training a model to detect AI vs human text and I recently set it loose on /r/all/new. Probably the most prolific single spam campaign I've seen so far, just from watching the output scroll by in the terminal, is Lurne AI. They don't really even seem to be attempting to hide that they're spamming the site. They even put a utm_source in their links lmao.

Goal seems to be SEO-related, as they're doing it in little corners of reddit where they won't be spotted and reported.

https://old.reddit.com/user/lurneqotd

I've found a couple other spam campaigns with this method but before I go putting them all together in one thread, I figured I'd ask if anyone here knows what the preferred method of submitting these is. One thread per campaign? One giant thread with tons of info about tons of different campaigns? Not sure how best to do it and I don't wanna shit up the sub with bad posts.

/r/strongerman has very, very obviously been hijacked by pro-taxation bots. The engagement numbers are so over the top fake for posts that have nothing to do with the subreddit.

The subreddit was essentially dead a few days ago, and now it's regularly reaching the front page from brand new accounts with links to south east asia.

This anti-elon thread has 1500 upvotes, 700 comments, and yet the top voted comment has 11 upvotes.

This denmark taxation thread has 8600 upvotes, 2000+ comments, and the top voted comment has under 30 upvotes.

Normal threads have more discussions going on with upvote ratios that are much closer to the thread's karma. These threads have very little interactions going on, with practically no comment upvoting / downvoting.

Note: I'm calling out the obvious fuckery, not the message they're trying to spread.

Same tactic and site described in this post: user posts image and then edits post 1-2 days later with mention of gambling site.

Post 1: https://old.reddit.com/r/food/comments/1ufq66v/produce_fresh_strawberries_from_neighbor/

User 1: https://old.reddit.com/user/justlyhauntingposter (mostly commenting advice in video game subreddits)

Post 2: https://old.reddit.com/r/whatcarshouldIbuy/comments/1u3g311/thank_you_for_all_the_knowledge_over_the_years_i/

User 2: https://old.reddit.com/user/glisteningdossier076 (mostly posts about trading/money-related topics)

We've had a few posts over the past week that pertain to either the sexual predation of minors or minors posting sexual imagery of themselves on Reddit. We removed those posts. (And by we, I mean me when I'm struggling to sleep, make the mistake of opening the Reddit app, and see these posts in my feed before mumbling curse words to myself.)

We understand that users can get frustrated with inaction from either subreddit moderators or Reddit's report processes when this content is not dealt with. Those users sometimes send the issue here hoping that more eyes on the content will lead to more reports and quicker content removal. We do not suspect ill motives of the users who post about these issues here.

That said, everyone should keep in mind the following:

• While these situations require urgency, posting about them here isn't always appropriate or helpful. An increase of reports to Reddit from multiple users does not always ensure quick content removal, particularly when the content is not obviously rule-breaking or displays no signals of automation.
• Linking to illegal content not only violates Reddit's policies, but it signal boosts the content and could further victimize the minor. Don't do this, and don't assume that everyone lurking in this subreddit has good intentions.
• Linking to illegal content could put your own account at risk, especially if someone reports your content and the report system is working correctly. Good intentions won't get your account back.

Here are the proper avenues to report this content:

1. Report the content through Reddit's report system. (And yes, it often works, including when users obfuscate key words and phrases in their content.) These reports are not only forwarded to the platform, but they are also sent to the mod team's queue for review. Reports also help build a paper trail that could be helpful later, even when they are not immediately actioned.
   • Report flow: Report → Minor abuse or sexualization → Sexual or suggestive content | Predatory or inappropriate behavior | Content involving physical or emotional abuse or neglect
2. Message the relevant subreddit's mod team with evidence of the activity, including links. When the inappropriate content is a post rather than a comment, then advise them to lock the post given that removed posts are still discoverable through Reddit's search feature and users can still comment under those posts.
   • Here is a Devvit app that automatically locks posts when they are removed by mods, admins, or users: https://developers.reddit.com/apps/removed-posts
   • I posted in r/ModSupport in December 2025 about mods failing to lock removed posts. Read this if you want to further understand the issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1pzxo5e/psa_lock_your_subreddits_removed_posts/
3. File a Moderator Code of Conduct (MCoC) report. If you suspect that the relevant moderation team is either absent or approving the inappropriate content, then you can submit a Moderator Code of Conduct report form with links to the content. A user should first report pieces of content individually through the normal report process so that Reddit's Safety Team can more efficiently evaluate the situation. In my experience, a human response to MCoC reports often takes between 1 to 2 weeks, but they handle the reports seriously.
   • MCoC policies: https://redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct
   • Report form: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=19300233728916

If you believe the inappropriate content is automated, then you can complete the above steps before reporting those accounts to the Bot Bouncer app through r/BotBouncer and messaging that subreddit's mod team. (Two of this subreddit's moderators are also moderators there, including the app's developer.) Keep in mind that Bot Bouncer only handles accounts suspected of automating content; the app is not meant for other rule-breaking activity independent of automation.

When in doubt, message this subreddit's mod team before posting about illegal or suspected illegal content. Links to that content will never be permitted, but there might be a way to thoughtfully and discreetly call attention to an issue that doesn't put anyone at risk.

Have a great weekend, everyone!