Are they bots or not?

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I noticed that among my followers there are many accounts that look like bots. They all have a typical about section like "Hi, I'm John,  I'm 30 years old, I do blah blah blah. Each has a couple of followers, is subscribed to 5 - 10 people, and has no other activity. Are these bots? If I subscribe to them does it harm my account? Why do they do it?

Artyom Sviridov · Accepted Answer

These are definitely bots. I don't know why there are so many of them here, but this is really a huge problem on PH.

Pam K. · Answer

Yes. Helps it look like it's busy? Upvotes? Many discussion threads have AI-generated comments by these types of accounts - SEO? Note the question marks.

Dzmitry Tsemirau · Answer

@silisolutionist The fact of the matter is that they have very few comments and points, as well as the people they follow.

Chris Lindner · Answer

I guess some of them are just here to take a look: create an account and quickly write a standardized profile. Lost interest and disappeared. If you are active and helpful in the community, I don't think such accounts will have some negative impact on you. After all, PH should deal with them but not honest users:)

Jao Japitana · Answer

Well most probably some are bots. My suggestion is in the future just clear out those who don't follow you back especially if you have a gut feeling they are bots. For now just interact and have fun with the community we have here 💕

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Thanks for pointing that out. I've been noticing it too.

Ed SK · Answer

They want to appear legit so they can upvote people who actually pay for their services.

Dzmitry Tsemirau · Answer

@jao_japitana They don't interact, just follow me. And I don't know if it has any negative impact on my account.

Are they bots or not?

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