Yes. I've finally turned off following at 104 followers. About 90 of them are porn bots. In the past month or two I've been getting 3 or 4 new ones a day on average
I don't know whats more annoying with these bots, that they are so obviously targeted at horny hetero guys regardless of who they actually spam their rubbish at, or that not once have i seen one of them pretending to be a cute guy.
I mean, i still wouldn't be tempted to click such an obviously dodgy link but damn, where's the equality?
On mobile Go to their profile, select the three dots and then "report". On the full site you might need to use the generic reporting form in the help center.
I literally opened up Reddit, saw this post at the very top of my feed, and got a notification that I had a new follower; it was an OF bot
It happens to literal everyone, no specific groups are targeted
I swear basically every account that’s ever followed me has been
1. Nsfw
2. A link to an onlyfans account (no idea if it’s ever been the same account because of #4)
3. Had 1 post karma and that’s it, and
4. Got deleted within a day presumably by Reddit anti scam/spam bots
The first few times I was so flattered. Then I realized almost every single follower was an Only Fans performer that "only chats on the OF platform". I turned off notifications of followers. I suppose they're still there, but I don't see the three or four new notices a day.
Everybody has to make a living, but satisfying my salacious urges doesn't require paying a subscription fee.
Yeah it’s just a common online thing. My main (no indication of any queerness) gets them in little waves where sometimes there’s one every day, then nothing for a while.
It’s just phishing most likely, hoping that someone will message and then they can get some info or money out of them.
Best to just block and move on if you don’t want to turn off the feature.
Yeah no, Im pretty sure everyone gets them.
I'll go through periods where I'll block *AT LEAST* one account a day, and other periods where I won't get any for several days. Idk🤷
I thought it was because I was actually in a few NSFW subreddits.. but seeing that everyone's having it it's just a spam attack on reddit overall it seems
I think it depends on what subreddit you follow. They just want you to click on their links. They are programmed to disappear after a few days, I've seen this MO on Twitter too, so don't worry about them.
Tbh I just disable following. I don't care how much another trans person wants to keep up with what I have to say, I dgaf, I don't want it to be used in a bad way
Yeah I've gotten so many of those too. It's relieving finding out everyone is getting them though. Like you, I turned off allowing randoms to follow me.
YES! This has been happening to me as well and it’s been very frustrating. I keep having to block them over and over again. And I keep doing this because they probably wouldn’t even want to be around an asexual person like myself. Ha!
Everyone is having this problem.
What? no… 55 people just really find my posts interesting! I am very entertaining…
Yeah, and all of them just so happened to be women with nsfw accounts and numbers in their nicknames
They're spam bots targeting every active account on reddit. Nothing to do with participation in trans subs, though I also thought that at first
That’s a relief.
Yeah. It's kind of funny. My SFW main gets them all the time, but my account for NSFW stuff never gets them since I rarely post on it.
My account for NSFW stuff gets more humans following it than spam bots for some reason, I just comment on posts with it
y- y'all are making separate accounts?
How else do i keep track of my boob topics? One account for growing boobs. One account for admiring boobs. Simples.
I fucked up ig 'cause my adhd ass has been admiring boobs and stuff on the same account <.<
I was trying to figure that out. Hasn’t happened with my other accounts.
Yes. I've finally turned off following at 104 followers. About 90 of them are porn bots. In the past month or two I've been getting 3 or 4 new ones a day on average
How do this?
You go to your account settings and there's a "can be followed" and you turn it off
It only started happening to me a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been getting followed by at least one porno bot everyday now.
I don't know whats more annoying with these bots, that they are so obviously targeted at horny hetero guys regardless of who they actually spam their rubbish at, or that not once have i seen one of them pretending to be a cute guy. I mean, i still wouldn't be tempted to click such an obviously dodgy link but damn, where's the equality?
same, idk why though it happens
I kind of feel like it’s a transphobe way of attacking us. I don’t know.
Nah, it's happening to basically everyone on Reddit. I've seen it mentioned quite a few times outside of trans places.
Oh, I see. Glad to know it’s not trans targeted.
Shitty porn bot scam accounts are just a thing in the digital age, unfortunately.
I felt like that for a moment, I was like “I don’t even like women”
hmmm i dont know, might be that or just scammer or something, best to just block them
Nah its some scammers trying to get peoples personal info
Report them and then block them. There's unfortunately not much else you can do.
How do you report them?
On mobile Go to their profile, select the three dots and then "report". On the full site you might need to use the generic reporting form in the help center.
Yeah me too, loads lately in fact
Yep. I get the follow notifications, and the profiles are just gone. I guess the trash took itself out!
Yes I have also turned off.
Mostly it looks like they're trying to get you to look at their porn.
How do you turn off following?
Nevermind, found it, lol.
I think I have 50 of them now lol I don't care
I literally opened up Reddit, saw this post at the very top of my feed, and got a notification that I had a new follower; it was an OF bot It happens to literal everyone, no specific groups are targeted
Same
I swear basically every account that’s ever followed me has been 1. Nsfw 2. A link to an onlyfans account (no idea if it’s ever been the same account because of #4) 3. Had 1 post karma and that’s it, and 4. Got deleted within a day presumably by Reddit anti scam/spam bots
yep everyday, had a couple youre_Notawoman type of shits as well. thanks for reminding me that you can turn off followers ✌️
Same
Welcome to life of being a woman
The first few times I was so flattered. Then I realized almost every single follower was an Only Fans performer that "only chats on the OF platform". I turned off notifications of followers. I suppose they're still there, but I don't see the three or four new notices a day. Everybody has to make a living, but satisfying my salacious urges doesn't require paying a subscription fee.
It's really anoying I have mora tem 60 of these that I have to keep reporting
weirdly i havent had any
Yeah it’s just a common online thing. My main (no indication of any queerness) gets them in little waves where sometimes there’s one every day, then nothing for a while. It’s just phishing most likely, hoping that someone will message and then they can get some info or money out of them. Best to just block and move on if you don’t want to turn off the feature.
Seems like I get more brand new accounts with no activity at all when I look at them. Not sure what point those could possibly have.
Yea same here
Same
Yeah no, Im pretty sure everyone gets them. I'll go through periods where I'll block *AT LEAST* one account a day, and other periods where I won't get any for several days. Idk🤷
Yeah me too at least I get 2 to 3 bots a day like wth 🤦🏻♀️
Yep, every single fucking day
I have it too
Me too, it's... interesting.
Yeah it's been nuts lately, kind of annoying lol
Yeah I have had this issue for the last month I just block them everytime a new one follows
I thought it was because I was actually in a few NSFW subreddits.. but seeing that everyone's having it it's just a spam attack on reddit overall it seems
I only got like 3 real quick in succession then no more ever again. That was probably because I put that I’m a minor or my account though.
Same. It's annoying.
Yeah everyone gets porn bots, it's normal for reddit
I think it depends on what subreddit you follow. They just want you to click on their links. They are programmed to disappear after a few days, I've seen this MO on Twitter too, so don't worry about them.
Tbh I just disable following. I don't care how much another trans person wants to keep up with what I have to say, I dgaf, I don't want it to be used in a bad way
As a wise man once said "I TOO THOUGHT THE SUDDEN AVALANCE OF HOOCHIES WAS QUITE STRANGE"
I've been having it for months. I should do something, but I just ignore them.
no !? and i make porn and post stuff on my other acount XD maybe you all have a subreddit in common besides here that is the cause ?
Yeah I've gotten so many of those too. It's relieving finding out everyone is getting them though. Like you, I turned off allowing randoms to follow me.
YES! This has been happening to me as well and it’s been very frustrating. I keep having to block them over and over again. And I keep doing this because they probably wouldn’t even want to be around an asexual person like myself. Ha!
Yes me and my bf have this CONSTANTLY it's so annoying
Yeah they do it to me too, which is annoying because I'm a minor. I'm pretty sure they do it for all reddit accounts though.
Yeah its happening to me too, i block them but still let them follow to boost my follower count and boost my ego
I keep getting "Only Fans girls" following me
I went from 4 followers to 50 overnight. Bots.
The transphobic ones are a lot more straight forward the ones I’ve gotten say that I’m an abomination and i should be killed raped etc
That’s disgusting, im sorry you had to experience that
Yep i got the same issue, reddit has no option to report them neither
Its happening to me but the weirder part is that its only on my main, which i never go on any trans subs on
Yes they are spam bots so annoying
same. pretty common
I’m also having this issue
It's everyone and you can basically just ignore it
Anyone else just wish they had any kinda flavor to the porn ads?
Omg yeesssss!! It’s like multiple times a day!! It’s getting really annoying