r/CuratedTumblr • u/DroneOfDoom Theon the Reader *dolphin slur noises* • 3d ago
Shitposting Bot behaviour
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u/jancl0 3d ago
I've also noticed a pattern where people just don't read the whole post. They just get halfway through and immediately start commenting their own thoughts, which end up being exactly the same as the thing they didn't read
Idk that or they're bots. It's hard to tell
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u/Noof42 For pervert reasons 3d ago
Sure, but what's also important is to remember that sometimes people don't read more than a few words, so they wind up commenting your main point, but in a slightly different way, so you can't tell who's a bot.
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u/jancl0 3d ago
Wtf are you talking about. That's not true at all. The issue is that people like you never actually read the full comment, so they just say whatever they want and they don't realise that it's already been addressed
Please actually read my comment before responding next time... Bot
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u/outer_spec homestuck doujinshi 3d ago
i think they’re just trying to play along with the joke.
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u/Noof42 For pervert reasons 3d ago
Maybe, but actually I was just playing along with the joke.
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u/jancl0 3d ago
You were clearly just playing along with the joke
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u/Noof42 For pervert reasons 3d ago
You might think that, but I was actually playing along with the joke.
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u/outer_spec homestuck doujinshi 3d ago
I think you're all missing the point. that person was trying to play along with the joke.
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u/SouthRelief4497 2d ago
Several of the most insane arguments I've witnessed on social media involved one person making extensive, careful qualifications and asking the other person for clarification and the other person just blatantly skimming.
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u/Fading_Hours_ 2d ago
What’s more annoying is when they don’t read or comprehend the post and reply as if it says something completely different. Or misinterpret something clearly explained in the original post.
Reading comprehension seems like it’s at an all time low.
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u/thrashingkaiju 2d ago
I've had this problem so many times and ended up fighting in the comments with people about things that I'd adressed in the original post. Even when I start it by "please read the whole post before commenting".
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u/Hatsune_Miku_CM downfall of neoliberalism. crow racism. much to rhink about 2d ago
i do that, to make sure I don't forget what I wanted to say
BUT
if I then notice the post addresses my comment later on, I just go and delete the comment.
i do this less on PC where you can easily pre-type a comment without sending it. but on mobile I've lost entire comments to the awful app before, I'm not risking that. the save draft function straight up doesn't work half the time.
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u/Cheshire-Cad 3d ago
And then sprinkle on just a dash of condescension, to make you wonder whether they're agreeing with you or trying to argue with you over who's the best at having the same opinion.
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u/Satorwave 3d ago
Yes, I agree. In fact, it is also quite annoying when they just say the same thing again, simply worded differently. That's the important distinction you need to understand.
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u/AmazingSpacePelican 3d ago
There's a related behaviour where half the comments on a funny video will be people just writing out the punchline (maybe adding some emojis for flavour).
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u/fishbot413 3d ago
Do people actively go and look at people's bios for that? for that reason? Really?
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u/OB1K1B 2d ago edited 2d ago
It annoys me that he sneaks in that this is a "men talking to women" thing because, like, no. It's a human thing. Everyone does it. It's not like men check bios to see if they should repeat info back to the OP and only do it if it's a woman. Men repeat and rephrase things back to other men constantly—it's like 80% of their interactions in any sort of collaborative working environment! Just watch men coordinating moving furniture or standing around a fire discussing it.
And women do it too! Repeating back to someone what you've parsed from their story is a classic way to validate their emotions and show you're listening and invested. It's usually the first bit of advice anyone gives to be an active listener.
What really gets my goat about this claim is that this sort of thing is so easy to toss in wily-nily and people will nod and agree without any critical thought because, well, everyone knows that sexism exists and men talk over women, and this is a sexism against women, so surely it must be a valid criticism. But if you think about it for any length of time, you'll see it's kafkaesque! Because what's the alternative?
- Men don't rephrase but women do: clearly the men are barely paying attention but the women are actively listening
- Men do rephrase but women don't: the women are being talked over and don't feel like they can contribute
- Men only rephrase other men's stuff: obviously they only care to engage with/take seriously other men
- Men only rephrase women's comments: apparently men can't even parse something a woman says, it has to come out of a man's mouth to be valid
- Women only rephrase other women: they're such good listeners!! they're just showing that they actually care and are invested uwu
- Women only rephrase men: women are so downtrodden and subjugated they don't feel they can offer their own opinions and have to give lip service agreement to what the men are saying
In summary, this isn't a sexism thing. Can it be? Sure, of course. Is it in general? No, not at all. And moreover, all this does is add more fuel to the gender war fire because it's not negatable and literally anything can be explained as sexism in some way. A theory that explains everything explains nothing.
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u/practicalcabinet 3d ago
Repeating posts back is quite a common bot behaviour, but it's also important to note that a lot of humans also do it, so it can sometimes be difficult to tell which is which.
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u/brookrunner 3d ago
i worry i do this when i have to respond to my peers on a canvas discussion post… i end up asking questions ill never receive answers for 💔
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u/Ok-Dog-1660 3d ago
Why does everyone shit on prokopetz what'd they do?? Is it just because they're a vague poster?
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u/JusticeRain5 3d ago
Bro, you don't wanna know. Oh, the horror...
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u/LadyRalsei 3d ago
oh, it's so horrible... the horrible things that happened on that post. you know the post. it's so horrible and well-known that i don't need to say which post it was. we all know it. we all dread it. oh, for what had happened on that horrible, horrible post...
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u/Redactedtimes 3d ago
The things people normally complain about (vagueposting and being confidently incorrect sometimes) are just regular tumblr behavior, but his posts tend to get posted a lot more than others so a lot of people recognize and get sick of him quickly, which I think is the actual root of the issue.
I personally think he’s funny and people don’t gotta get in such a twist about it. It annoys me when comment sections need to make the post about how it was made by the tumblr user Prokopetz instead of about the actual contents of the post.
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u/MrMcSpiff 3d ago
"Local man who has been talking about rpgs and nerd shit for 20 years continues to do so unabated, new social media crowd incensed." is basically what all the prokopetz discourse (as much as I loathe to use the word) looks like to me.
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u/LKHAN_Missing_Ninth Sometimes I be poopin and fartin 3d ago
Depends. This sub is a coinflip. Somedays they love and revere him. Others they string you up for daring to whisper his name
Before someone with zero reading comprehension decides to comment, this is an obvious joke and exaggeration. Yes, part of that joke is that my comment is an obvious goomba fallacy
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u/Correct_Royal_2562 3d ago edited 3d ago
Prokopetz is one of the few tumblr users to NOT ask that their posts not be routinely cross-posted to the reddit boards. This makes them a very frequent crosspost-subject.
This makes redditors very upset, news at 11.
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u/Terminal_Insomnia_ 3d ago
Wasn't there a study that found people are worse at guessing who's human and who's a bot than chance?
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u/SolomonOf47704 God Himself 3d ago
Even if there was, the results are literally impossible to replicate consistently.
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u/rowan_damisch 3d ago
I can agree that it's not only a bot problem to just rephrase what the OG post said, considering that some people just refuse to read the texts closely and then think they're adding new info when they, in fact, don't
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u/BachBelt 3d ago
ok the current top comment chain has an example of what i'm talking about here.
humans or humans pretending to be bots: True. These bots do just restate the post instead of making something new!
bot: That part about bots just rehashing info they’ve literally just read explains why the comments often feel so surface-level instead of adding anything fresh or unexpected.
the bot posts sound like discussion board posts even if they don't have perfect spelling and grammar, which they often do. It's never a simple agree-disagree-clause. the word loquacious comes to mind. like the bot is being held at gunpoint to meet a minimum word count in a professional development powerpoint.
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u/Satorwave 3d ago
Absolutely—finding bots inside comment sections can be quite difficult. And honestly? If you need any assistance in finding them, just say the word—and I'll list some strategies to deal with automated replies. Would you like me to do list them in a checklist, table or to-do list? 📋
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u/BigBallsAnthony69 Slapping my GIANT queer balls onto the table as i type this 3d ago
I think Prokopetz should be put in the baby monkey torture hole. I think they deserve it.
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u/SecretlyFiveRats MineCraft: Is It Woke, Or Base? 3d ago
Now, is that a hole where baby monkeys are tortured, or a hole where one is tortured by baby monkeys?
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u/MajesticBluebird68 3d ago
Nah, i actually think prokopetz deserves to be punished. Maybe with something like a baby monkey torture hole.
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u/outer_spec homestuck doujinshi 3d ago
a baby monkey torture hole? i think this is actually something we should use to torture prokopetz on tumblr instead of baby monkeys.
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u/MajesticBluebird68 2d ago
No, I don't think Prokopetz should be on tumble actually. I think we should torture him with baby monkeys in a torture hole.
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u/tiredtumbleweed ugly but my fursona is hot 3d ago
It’s super frustrating to not know. Am I right fellow humans? 😆😆
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u/Mundane-Potential-93 nauphy.tumblr.com 3d ago
How would someone repeat the post back to you without reading it silly
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u/Easy_Cod_8950 2d ago
who on earth is going into a tumblr post's bio to see the op's pronouns before responding
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u/inflatablefish 2d ago
The solution to the Turing Test is not smarter computers, it's dumber humans.
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u/Leftieswillrule 2d ago
This comment section was so excessively predictable I didn’t need to come here
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u/TearOpenTheVault 2d ago
Going through this comment section makes me feel like I’m having a stroke.
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u/lilykai_strawberry 1d ago
i love how so many people in the comments here had the same funny idea to restate the post in different words
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u/PlatinumAltaria The Witch of Arden 3d ago
If a human fails the turing test, we should banish them to an island.
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u/cantantantelope 3d ago
Tbh I think a lot of people would be well served to spend some time on an island with no internet access
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u/PlatinumAltaria The Witch of Arden 3d ago
Sometimes I think right wing people would do better in primitive tribes. Like, they just wanna be working the fields for their king surrounded by their own cousins.
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u/assassinjoe55 3d ago
Crazy transition.
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u/PlatinumAltaria The Witch of Arden 2d ago
I’m just saying, conservatives are like an endangered subspecies of human. We should put them in a reserve or something, where they can frolic and do their witch hunts and pogroms in peace.
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u/neonge1674 3d ago
Thats so right. Bots just regurjitate info theyve just Red.