The rules have to be a 10,000 foot view or the spammers will say “You didn’t say I couldn’t do THAT”.

The rules are actually quite plain: don’t do anything that looks like you are trying to game the system.

That means you need to think about everything you do and ask “Could this be seen as gaming by a bot? “. If it could, don’t do it.

Example: Using stock comments. Following back everyone who follows you. Reading every post of certain people. Always clapping 50 times, never not clapping. Always leaving a comment on everything you read. Always highlighting.

People do those things innocently, but doing enough of it could make a bot sweep think you are a bad actor.

Why risk it?

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Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence 👀
Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence 👀

Written by Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence 👀

Retired Unix Consultant. I write tech and humor mostly but sometimes other things. See my Lists if your interests are specific.

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