P*rn Bots - Tumblr Posts
EVERY FUCKING DAY.
I've been getting follows from these (I assume) bots every fucking day since the 11th and it's passing me off. They're all names with 2-3 numbers after them that have women as their pfps with NOTHING posted and the description is a fucking link to their onlyfans.
I'm done. I'm so fucking done with these bots.
I think all the porn bots that have been following me daily since the 11th of December all got deleted bc all my notifications for them are gone and it only says I have 7 followers. Huh. Not that I care, just a bit strange.
omg i just blocked like a million porn bots my blog following will never recover (sarcasm)
Pure irony that Tumblr is the only place where bots will get zapped for trying too hard to look like actual people.
Profile pic is of a non-celebrity person? Its a bot. Name sounds like an actual person? Its a bot. Bold proclamations of not being a bot? Its (likely) a bot.
the sexiest thing a porn bot could do is not fucking follow me
i actually hate that my account’s username is somewhat hinges dangerously into the p*rn bots territory only because it’s a name(or an alias)+numbers
Look I know everyone is getting the porn bot follows but like .. what's are they even for? What's the point of them? What are they trying to accomplish?
[Shut off last version of this post to avoid possible continual spread of misinformation that was corrected by staff. Reposting clean with corrected info]
So I'm sure almost everyone knows about the porn bot problem by now, so here's a post detailing why it's a problem, and what we need to do about it.
First off, yes, always block the porn bots. Don't be mislead into thinking they're ok to keep around because they 'inflate your follower count.'
Firstly, no one cares about, nor can anyone even see, your follower count. Be free from the shackles that are the bullshit other socials told you was important. Don't let your ego be tied to a number. Having a lot of followers won't earn you any clout here.
Secondly, bots only follow blogs to try and legitimize their malware (and other dodgy) links. This post goes into more detail about that.
Now that that's out of the way, you'll need to know how to recognize a porn bot. This round the template seems to be:
A profile photo of a pretty lady or guy, usually in their underwear, with a similar header photo.
A bio with some combination of: [Age] // [Name] // [Location] // [Emoji] // [Top Bullshit% OnlyFans]
URL consisting of a name followed by a number (i.e: firstlast999)
Typically an empty blog, or if there is content, it's all dodgy links. Visible, but empty, Likes Tab, & occasionally a visible Following Tab.
You likely recognize the pattern.
So, what you want to do is, first, report the blog as spam On mobile it'll look like this:
On mobile you'll need to report spam first, and then go back to the menu again to block.
On desktop it will look like this, and unlike mobile, you'll be able to report spam and block in the same motion:
If I remember correctly,* be sure to "Report Spam", not "Report sexually explicit material" to feed the bots to the proper channels. Because the blog is empty, they haven't posted anything explicit that would violate TOS. However, staff can recognize a bot, and if you report the blog for spam (the actual problem) they'll take a look, more than likely find that the blog is posting or DMing dodgy links, and dispose of it.
And I think that's it. Here's wishing you all a happy and safe blogging experience!
[UPDATE: It was suggested on another post that the bots track your IP if you click on them to send more your way. However, someone from staff corrected and said this is incorrect. They also corrected the 'guilt by association' myth that bots following you can get your blog flagged by tumblr.
That said, that trail all led to another, easier, way to report/block the bots all from your Follower Tab instead of visiting each blog separately, unfortunately it only works on desktop:
(For newbies, click on the little person icon at the top right of your screen and scroll to find the Followers tab under the blog/sideblog you need to block a pornbot from.)
*I remember this information from a blog that used to be all about taking down the pornbots. Unfortunately I do not know if that blog is still active, nor can I remember the URL. If anyone knows what blog I'm referring to, and/or if they're still active, please feel free to tag them so others can follow them for more tips!
These spam bots are crazy yo, it's like the more I report and block them, the more they keep coming.
look what you did. porn bots removed their bios bc you guys were all making fun of them. god forbid women do ANYTHING
Omg it's the attack of the bots again 😑 Tumblr get your shit together and handle this please .
So I see that the bots are back in town 😕
I’m deleting one to two a day. Just, why. I also spitefully report them.
The pornbots have returned with a vengeance. I've gotten like 25 just in the past 2 weeks 💀
yeah i'm gonna have to go through and do a mass delete myself
I’m gonna go insane I swear to god these stupid NSFW bots keep following me istg I can’t do anything about it
Aight seriously this was funny at first but now it’s really beginning to piss me off, 90% of the followers I’ve gained for the past 2 weeks have been nothing but bots and constantly blocking and reporting them for days on end has been a pain in the ass
God I’m so tired of it please leave me alone-
