New members

[Perris]

I can't help noticing that apparently there have been a lot of new members recently. How do we know that these are real people and not robots tired of talking to each other on Moltbook?

 

[Debbie292d]

I can't help noticing that apparently there have been a lot of new members recently. How do we know that these are real people and not robots tired of talking to each other on Moltbook?

Spring is coming and that happens as people who have never had chickens, ordered some, then wonder what they're to do lol.

Robots don't generally make it through the filters, but if they do, someone usually spots them and reports them.

@casportpony can you paste your list of new member counts for the year or two years?

 

[notabitail]

Robots don't generally make it through the filters, but if they do, someone usually spots them and reports them.

Sufficient Self, BackYard Herds, and The Easy Garden have tons of bot accounts that make it through the filters. Occasionally I'll go through and report the ones I can, but it usually takes a while before they get banned.

 

[thecatumbrella]

New members posting in the Introductions area, or new lurking members? I'd also assume it's seasonal. I know I joined about 2 months before getting my first chickens (to be prepared).

 

[Evadig]

I can't help noticing that apparently there have been a lot of new members recently. How do we know that these are real people and not robots tired of talking to each other on Moltbook?

Can robots actually make full on introductions?

 

[Debbie292d]

Can robots actually make full on introductions?

Programmers maybe could program that ability, but to my knowledge, we've not seen it yet.

Spammers, on the other hand, can and have made introductions. Not very many though. If reported or spotted, their post(s) are removed, as are they.

 

[casportpony]

I can't help noticing that apparently there have been a lot of new members recently. How do we know that these are real people and not robots tired of talking to each other on Moltbook?

As others have mentioned, an increase in new members at this time of year is normal. I also keep a “new member” list, which lets me quickly scan all new accounts and their reasons for joining, and I haven't seen anything unusual.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I can't help noticing that apparently there have been a lot of new members recently. How do we know that these are real people and not robots tired of talking to each other on Moltbook?

At the end of the day, what is your specific concern? If it's regarding the security of other members, people are responsible for the level of information that they share, whether it's with other human members or potential bots...
This is a time of year when you will see a lot of new members simply because there are a lot of people getting into backyard chicken keeping during spring chick days

 

[Perris]

Robots don't generally make it through the filters

Thank you for addressing the question Debbie and focussing on methods rather than past performance. But I was asking how I (rather than the site) can tell whether a new member is real. If the answer is 'trust the site filters' that's more like a religious creed than a method.

new member counts for the year or two years?

Statistics by week or at least month on that over the last 10 years could be interesting.

At the end of the day, what is your specific concern?

I don't like having the wool pulled over my eyes, and I don't want unconsciously to move into a land of make-believe. I imagine the site sponsors don't want to advertize to robots either, as they don't buy anything.