Reddit says it will label automated accounts that are providing a service to users and will require accounts suspected of being bots to verify if they are human
Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn't get a handle on the bots overrunning its site.
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Who'd have bet ten years ago that Reddit would be the ones showing actually decentish teeth to identity and bots before Meta and pals? [embedded post]
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Humans welcome (bots must wear name tags)
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Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy behavior
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Keeping Reddit Human: A New App Label for Automated Accounts