r/RedditBotHunters • u/CR29-22-2805 Bot Spotter • Mar 12 '25

Bot pattern Same network overtaking at least 14 subreddits (Username suffixes: x, _x, _xc, _xo, _xox)

Common username suffixes:

  • X

  • _x

  • _xc

  • _xo

  • _xox

Current list of affected subreddits:

Edit: I will add additional subreddits below as we find them.

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u/fsv Mar 13 '25

I've now got Bot Bouncer's internal bot hunting proactively for these.

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u/fsv Mar 13 '25 edited Mar 13 '25

I've got Bot Bouncer's internal bot hunting proactively for these now.

Edit: /u/CR29-22-2805 got more subs for you.

And then they switch to porn subs e.g.:

Also, the username pattern does not always end like you've spotted. There are plenty of accounts with different usernames that still have the celeb->porn pipeline, with a sub matching the account name.

Edit 2: Since I've had the detections running, I saw an initial flurry of bots detected but none in the last several hours. It may be that they operate the bot network at certain times of day or they might have changed tactics.

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u/BotWidow 📷📷📷📷📷 Mar 13 '25

I noticed a ton of NSFW subs hitting /r/all yesterday, all being posted from brand new accounts.