Honestly, I’d be happy if most bots were gone. Even the “helpful” ones. 12 years on reddit and I can count on one hand the number of self-identifed novelty bot accounts that didn’t immediately annoy me. Oh, you wrote a bot that identifies when a post is a haiku or when the words in a comment are in alphabetical order? Very clever. No thanks.
Honestly, I’d be happy if most bots were gone. Even the “helpful” ones. 12 years on reddit and I can count on one hand the number of self-identifed novelty bot accounts that didn’t immediately annoy me. Oh, you wrote a bot that identifies when a post is a haiku or when the words in a comment are in alphabetical order? Very clever. No thanks.
I’ll admit, the uwubot hit good sometimes, its hilarity depended mostly on the context and style of the post it was used on, so it had… some variety.