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New people with empty accounts that are suddenly following me, I really need you to do something that looks like a human person. I've been here long enough now to remember the old wars, and you are coming into my home wearing the uniform of our enemies.

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Hi, new followers! How'd you find me? I'm not real active on this blog, more on my main blog. It's nice to see you, though.

(I was surprised to see 6 new followers in a day, when I haven't seen any for months. Had to check some of y'all out to make sure you weren't bots, but I think those I checked were human!)

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This is the reblog chart of a post from a porn bot. I hope these are all bots (I did report this guy, who liked a random post of mine). I was expecting the typical blank blog. Did not get that.

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I know.

Gross porn blogs:

What is it about my page that entices you? I’m not interested! Get lost!

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To the bots: I'm not interested in you.

No offense but where are the male porn bots

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@cooltrainererika I'm not the original porn-bot-blocking & reporting person. I wasn't even on tumblr at the time of the first blog. I just got too fed up with the waves of porn bots.

Gross porn blogs:

What is it about my page that entices you? I’m not interested! Get lost!

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Yeah, @cooltrainererika. I've been off tumblr for a bit, due to bot-caused stress and personal stuff. That why it took me a while, sorry.

Gross porn blogs:

What is it about my page that entices you? I’m not interested! Get lost!

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Gross porn blogs:

What is it about my page that entices you? I’m not interested! Get lost!

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Me and the bad bitches(spambots) I pulled by just existing here. Hello lovely ladies~

At first it was funny then it got annoying. I just want to post destiel art in peace and no to be let down when I get a notification. So consider this vent art/a visual representation of my struggules if you will.

They at least should have funny names to blend in or SOMETHING

But anyways, it was fun drawing pretty ladies I love doing it~

I think the bots are not this diverse tho like I think I seen mainly blonde and brunett white chicks, but that would be too repetitive to draw

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Yep, that 's why this blog exists!

is anyone else getting more bots/people with no posts and distinctly bot-like pfp and backgrounds following them? because I have had 3 in less than 24 hours and it’s weird

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Awesome guide from @purgethebots and @jessiarts.

One new thing, tumblr, at least on desktop, changed spam to spam/bot. Just select that one.

[Shut off last version of this post to avoid possible continual spread of misinformation that was corrected by staff. Reposting clean with corrected info]

So I'm sure almost everyone knows about the porn bot problem by now, so here's a post detailing why it's a problem, and what we need to do about it.

First off, yes, always block the porn bots. Don't be mislead into thinking they're ok to keep around because they 'inflate your follower count.'

Firstly, no one cares about, nor can anyone even see, your follower count. Be free from the shackles that are the bullshit other socials told you was important. Don't let your ego be tied to a number. Having a lot of followers won't earn you any clout here.

Secondly, bots only follow blogs to try and legitimize their malware (and other dodgy) links. This post goes into more detail about that.

Now that that's out of the way, you'll need to know how to recognize a porn bot. This round the template seems to be:

A profile photo of a pretty lady or guy, usually in their underwear, with a similar header photo.

A bio with some combination of: [Age] // [Name] // [Location] // [Emoji] // [Top Bullshit% OnlyFans]

URL consisting of a name followed by a number (i.e: firstlast999)

Typically an empty blog, or if there is content, it's all dodgy links. Visible, but empty, Likes Tab, & occasionally a visible Following Tab.

You likely recognize the pattern.

So, what you want to do is, first, report the blog as spam On mobile it'll look like this:

On mobile you'll need to report spam first, and then go back to the menu again to block.

On desktop it will look like this, and unlike mobile, you'll be able to report spam and block in the same motion:

If I remember correctly,* be sure to "Report Spam", not "Report sexually explicit material" to feed the bots to the proper channels. Because the blog is empty, they haven't posted anything explicit that would violate TOS. However, staff can recognize a bot, and if you report the blog for spam (the actual problem) they'll take a look, more than likely find that the blog is posting or DMing dodgy links, and dispose of it.

And I think that's it. Here's wishing you all a happy and safe blogging experience!

[UPDATE: It was suggested on another post that the bots track your IP if you click on them to send more your way. However, someone from staff corrected and said this is incorrect. They also corrected the 'guilt by association' myth that bots following you can get your blog flagged by tumblr.

That said, that trail all led to another, easier, way to report/block the bots all from your Follower Tab instead of visiting each blog separately, unfortunately it only works on desktop:

(For newbies, click on the little person icon at the top right of your screen and scroll to find the Followers tab under the blog/sideblog you need to block a pornbot from.)

*I remember this information from a blog that used to be all about taking down the pornbots. Unfortunately I do not know if that blog is still active, nor can I remember the URL. If anyone knows what blog I'm referring to, and/or if they're still active, please feel free to tag them so others can follow them for more tips!

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I was AFK for a few days, and had way too many new followers and notifications.

(Please god I had to block like 15 of them today)

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Purge The Bots (Round 2)

Inspired by @purgethebots, and the recent 2022-23 porn bot wave, I figured I'd do something about it.

Because @purgethebots hasn't come back for round 2, here we are.

One nerd, who's tired of the bots following her (plus the rest of us annoyed users) vs the porn bot army.

It's Round Two of the war.

To my fellow Honorverse fans, this is Operation Thunderbolt, and we're the RHN (I mean, it's not a great metaphor, with how badly the dispersed operation in the Confederacy went, but most targets got hit pretty hard, including those shipyards) .