#bot blogs

[shisasan]

I just blocked 97 [o.0] bot blogs and they just keep coming in. @staff ???

#bots #bot blogs #scammers #tumblr bot #tumblr staff #anyone else? #like wth

[grieving-angel-hopeful-demon]

Upon the being informed that new account are forced to follow 3-4 blogs before being given access to blog customization, I will be updating my bot blocking policy:

You have 3 days to change your icon, title, or make a post or you will be blocked!

#bot blocking #spam bots #bot #bot blogs #bot blocking policy #how does tumblr even work #how does tumblr work

[thetabbybadger]

Bot blogs are back to having fascinating names again. Wish I had saved a few i got the other day, they were wild but I forget them now T-T

#tabby talks #bot blogs

[accidentalslayer]

Who is making these porn blogs? Not the cool NSWF ones where it looks like someone real is actually posting their own content or talking about their kinks. I mean the weird ones with a bunch of random numbers after a painfully generic name that post a bunch of pictures of equally generic white women posing in the nude.

Who are you? What do you want? Do you honestly enjoy that kind of porn??? Why so many pictures of feet?

😬 You're freaking me out and it isn't even Halloween yet.

#🔪 slayer says 🔪 #blank blogs #blank blogs dni #bot blogs #bot blocking #p0rnbots

[crewman-penelope]

This last two week I catched 40 (!) spam- and pornblogs! I have over hundred now in my block list.

Okay, here is my idea, @staff. If we have to collect them, because you can't get rid of them, can we at least share and swap them like Pokémon cards?

I actually have geminibyhoroscope twice.

[ Classic Spam, fake teen, bot using tumblr like a Twitter page, no real content, but colourful pics here and there]

#spam blogs #Pornblogs #Spam #fake blogs #tumblr staff #Is not helpful #bots are annoying #bot blogs

[bakerstreethound]

So sick of actual p*rn blogs liking my posts, especially my fics like why 😭 please go away I keep blocking and reporting but this has gotten ridiculous

#ace rambles #stupid tumblr #bot blogs

[bobgoesw00t]

Dear tumblr: it’s that time yet again to do something about the bot blogs that keep following me. Thanks!

#bot blogs #bot blocking #get rid of these bots

[aqueouserbium]

Wowie, Tumblr handed me a post that the bots really liked!

As always, I'm not censoring shit, especially if Tumblr's ALGORITHM is showing me this unlabeled spam. Anyway, note that all 562 notes are also bots below the cut. Here's a link to the post to make block+reporting easier:

Anyway, if you want more VISUAL PROOF of this being a bot post instead of someone abusing the tag system, then here's the entire Notes list as of now:

It stopped me from posting the rest. Hold on.

#aqErants #tumblr bots #bot blocking #bot blocklist #bot blogs #complete notes list will be seen in reblogs

[abybweisse]

Update to bot blogs post

I've noticed some new trends, though this approach can change again at any time.

A recent ask (or dm?) was about the pørn bots that have such random urls that you have no idea what's waiting for you when you check out the blog. Then it's hardcore pørn!

I'm here to tell you the best way to avoid seeing that content. Well, sort of. 😕

Most of the ones I'm seeing now that have the hardcore video content all have a major thing in common: the title and description of the blog will be a first name. The same name just as the title and repeated as the description. And the pfp is typically a picture of some random woman.

But, you won't be warned what you are likely to see before you open it to confirm and report/block... because only the url shows in the notification or activity log, not the blog title. If the title showed before clicking it, you'd be clued-in by a first name as the only title. I don't know how to select the report or block option without actually opening/viewing the blog. That means that you will see some content of the latest post. If you are on your phone, you might be able to place a hand over most of the video while you use the other hand to report and block, but chances are you will still see a bit more content than you wanted. I use this method to report and block such blogs while I'm at work. 😅 Working for a government agency, I definitely don't want to be caught seemingly looking at pørn, even off-duty at lunch!

Here are some examples of urls being used and how the tops of their blogs look (dirty content not shown, for the sake of my readers).

The app or my phone was glitching when I took the pics above, so some of the random pfp's are not showing at all, but they do have some kind of pfp, of course. Here are a couple examples of what I mean about their titles and descriptions:

I cut off the posts to protect your eyes and minds. 😆 The content of the videos is exactly what you might expect. As you can see, one of the examples even has watermarks on their videos for the website they supposedly originated from.

The only way you might be warned about the content before opening the blog is if you see it in the likes section of notes on a post. If you see a like from a random url that shows a first name only for the title, it's probably one of these pørn blogs.

There's another trend I've seen lately, and it's for blank blogs that have hyphenated urls. Some of the blocked blogs listed above show examples of those hyphenated urls. There have been recent posts about this trend because some of the url names are funny. The pfp's are still women but not always close-ups. And there's no limit to the apparent age of the women in the photos. A few examples:

The abortive-rebound one I actually looked up just to report and block it, since it was shown in someone else's post about funny bot urls.

Well, there you have it. That's my update on the bots... for now.

#off topic #tumblr bot #spam bots #bot blogs #bot blocking #bot reporting #bot spotting #update #jun 2 2023

[nyctophilemist]

Go ahead and try me, you stupid bot/empty blogs. My blocking finger is all warmed up.

#bot blogs #bot blocking

[mugenfinder]

What even?

#tumblr bots #bot blogs #japan ? #uncanny #disturbing

[what-the-crap-is-a-sharknado]

TUMBLR STAFF, DO YOUR FUCKING JOB

@staff

These fucking porn bots are ridiculous!!

#bots #Tumblr staff #spam bots #bot blogs

[darthbecky726]

is it just me or are the follow bot blogs just empty now?? like I blocked three this morning and none of them had any posts

#bot blogs #tumblr stuff #random #becky rambles #shitpost

[micahr238]

if you follow me without having any posts or reposts and be untitled on your profile, I will report and block you for being a bot.

#the war on bots #bots #tumblr bot #bot blogs

[causemufins]

after another round of bot banning made me think. The first wave of bots showed up after tumblr live was added, right? and the few glimpses i've seen of tumblr live seem to be something the bots might go after. like, i've seen a thumbnail here and there that seems like it could be an actual tumblr person, but for the most part it just feels like the thumbnails could fit as one of the bots' icons.

Just, I know we pretty much all hate tumblr live, but I guess what I'm saying is if we might also be able to hate on it because it's the cause of the p--- bots.

Just a thought I hadn't seen anyone mention, since i've seen posts about hating these bots, and posts about hating tumblr live, but nothing about any possible connection between the two.

#tumblr live hate #bot blocking #bot blogs #but like seriously #if tumblr had to take TL down for a month or so to rework it #would the bots also seem to die down? #bc obviously tumblr isn't getting rid of TL completely no matter how many people hate it #and that it can't even be used in certain places (last i checked) bc the way TL works is against laws there #plus they can't even fix the snooze button to turn back off after a week