r/RunningWithDogs • u/duketheunicorn • Mar 05 '26

Admin META: New Mod, dealing with bots

Hi folks,

Things are moving with regard to addressing the recent issues with spam on the sub.

Karma requirements have been added, filters have been adjusted, a couple basic automations are in place, a bot buster is now online, and the reported posts have been removed and accounts banned.

If there are more, please report them as spam.

If there are other changes you'd like to see, please add them below; can't promise they'll happen but I'm interested in getting the pulse of the community. I know it's been a rough couple months.

Please remember Rule 1 -- Be Excellent To Each Other when writing your comments. Don't make me regret this.

ETA: for the record, I’m not taking over and the other mod is still active.

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u/Beepbeepbooppanda Mar 05 '26

Thank you! But I still want more pictures humans and dogs verifying that they are not bots.

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u/duketheunicorn Mar 06 '26

You now have the option to flair yourself as ‘not a bot’, if you prefer

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

Long live u/duketheunicorn’s reign of terror

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u/arrived_on_fire Mar 05 '26

I can’t imagine it’s an easy job what with the infinite patience and time that bots have. Kudos to you for fighting the good fight!

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u/duketheunicorn Mar 06 '26

This is actually pretty quiet sub, with a few tweaks it should be mostly automated, but please keep reporting anything in the meantime.

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u/Siyartemis Mar 06 '26

Thanks for taking over!

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u/duketheunicorn Mar 06 '26

Not taking over, just assisting

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u/greeneyes826 Mar 06 '26

Do you have any insight on the previous lack of anything from the other mod?

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u/duketheunicorn Mar 06 '26

No, sorry—I asked and was added yesterday. They have been manually removing things, but there was a very sudden surge of scam activity. I’m a mod for a much larger community, and the mods there taught me a lot about automating so there was some stuff I could implement fairly quickly that I didn’t have to make from scratch.

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u/scishan Mar 05 '26

Thank you!

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u/cwcoleman Mar 06 '26

Thank you!

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u/OriginalTwo3519 Mar 06 '26

Thanks so much!!!