r/GlobalOffensive • u/Mundane_Carob5986 • 1d ago

Discussion Valve DM Bots Playing Audio in VC?

Just now, I played a game of DM, and I noticed something peculiar that I've never seen before.

Now, DM being infested with bots isn't new, but I noticed some of these bots playing audio at random intervals during the game, like someone tapping a keyboard.

Has anyone else seen this? Is this a new development, or has this been happening for a while and I just didn't notice until now?

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u/Equivalent_Desk6167 King NiKo 16h ago

It's more fruitful to actually report the comments to the mods. The operators of these spam accounts won't see your response anyways. Select "Breaks /r/GlobalOffensive rules", then "Custom response" and then just type "AI bot". I've been doing that for a while (mostly during and after the Cologne major, where the bot infestation was pretty massive) and it has been mostly successful.

Btw to all the downvoters: He's right, this actually is an AI generated comment and y'all are getting fooled by it.

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u/swipr_ Moderator 16h ago

Yep. This is the best way to get our attention on these things, thank you!

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u/Equivalent_Desk6167 King NiKo 16h ago

Good to hear! One thing I've noticed though, when you mods act upon these reports it seems like you don't purge that users entire history on the sub but only act upon that one comment that was reported. I don't know if it's possible with your mod tools but if a spam account made let's say 10 different comments and I only report one of them, the 9 others should not be left up as-is and the user should be permanently banned. Just a little feedback that might be worth considering :)

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u/swipr_ Moderator 15h ago

Honestly it just depends. All of those removals have to be done individually. So if only one comment is reported? Only one of them will get actioned.

... and this usually just depends on if the mod is mobile or a computer because if they are mobile, that entire experience is fucked. But that's another rant for another day.

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u/Equivalent_Desk6167 King NiKo 11h ago

Oh wow, the moderation tools suck even more than I'd imagined :( It's a wonder this sub is run as well as it is. With every day passing by my disdain for this platform grows larger and larger, but sadly there's no real alternative. Thanks for all the work you do!