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[–] Novamdomum@fedia.io 23 points 4 days ago (4 children)

So I joined Bluesky over a year ago and have only ever posted a single message "Hi". I've also not liked or commented on any posts. Somehow (especially recently) I am getting followed more and more. I have over a hundred followers now. I'm guessing bots? It's the sudden recent surge over the last couple of months that's interesting.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

My wife is on bluesky and she was telling me yesterday she has had a surge of random followers as well, most likely bots. What she was annoyed about is the block feature doesn’t get them to unfollow you or something. And a portion of the bots are porn repost bots.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

The fuck??? I like posts all the time, followed 8 people, and have a few posts.....I have 3 followers.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You know, they need to make it appear alive and that there are interactions and users so the value raises and people are engaged.

It's how you make money as a company. For everyone else, mastodon.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago

Everyone else what? Everyone else that enjoys smooching of free labor? Lol I like Mastodon but this is just a stupid reason to use it.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

If you think they're bots, you can just subscribe to a user-curated block list for bot accounts.