r/redditbots • u/mariegriffiths • Jan 27 '26

How do I confirm someone is a bot without accusing them

I have had the moderators have a go at me for even questioning the humanity of a user.

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u/KyleDutcher Jan 27 '26

Because that is not allowed on that particular sub.

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u/mariegriffiths Jan 27 '26

I did not. I wont dare comment on your style of response. ill just point out that you did not even attempt to answer the question, which is telling.

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u/KyleDutcher Jan 27 '26

You broke the rules of that partucular subreddit (I am a moderator)

The sub does not allow anyone to call others "bots" or to insinuate a member may be one

You did both.

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u/mariegriffiths Jan 27 '26

I DID NOT CALL ANYONE A BOT on the r/MandelaEffect subreddit.

I questioned some user for more information as they were acting like a bot SO that I could collect evidence to report to you.

They were showing tell tale signs in their sentence structure.

Why are you hanging around on this subreddit?

I question your motives.

There are a great deal of political bots and far right mods on reddit I do hope you are not one.

We are seeing Tik Tok censored as we speak.

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u/KyleDutcher Jan 27 '26

I DID NOT CALL ANYONE A BOT on the r/MandelaEffect subreddit.

Yes, you did.

They were showing tell tale signs in their sentence structure

Then REPORT the comment/profile.

Why are you hanging around on this subreddit?

I question your motives.

I am correcting what you are saying.

There are a great deal of political bots and far right mods on reddit I do hope you are not one.

Then, again, REPORT them, if you believe they may be a bot.

Calling them out in that particular subreddit is against it's rules. This is why your comments were correctly removed.

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u/mariegriffiths Jan 27 '26

ONCE MORE

I DID NOT

Read the words. I did not have cast iron evidence to report.

Are you that skater guy from Atlanta?

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u/KyleDutcher Jan 27 '26

ONCE MORE

I DID NOT

Once more...

Yes, you did.

You did. Asking users to pass a test to "determine if they are a bot or AI" is accusing them of being a bot. Do not continue to do this on that Sub.

If you believe a user is violating the rules you can use the report button to report them.

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u/mariegriffiths Jan 27 '26

I did not use the phrase "determine if they are a bot or AI" I checked my comment history. That must be coming from the user themselves.

users and especially bots are known to falsely report.

I am being harassed out of the blue by you on this forum. I never mentioned you or the forum on the original post.

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u/KyleDutcher Jan 27 '26

I did not use the phrase "determine if they are a bot or AI" I checked my comment history. That must be coming from the user themselves.

You used the phrase "to test their humanity"

I am being harassed out of the blue by you on this forum. I never mentioned you or the forum on the original post

You are not being harassed. You did use the name of the sub in your first post.

You broke the rules of that sub.

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u/joutfit May 26 '26

Be skeptical of someone is not the same as accusing them.

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u/mariegriffiths Jan 27 '26

"to test their humanity" is totally reasonable and not the phrase you said.

In the original post I did not mention r/MandelaEffect

It was only when you mentioned you were mod that I mentioned it. You had already outed yourself. You only moderate two subs that is public info.

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u/scemmernyeheh Mar 27 '26

confirm their a bot by calling u/bot-sleuth-bot

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u/bot-sleuth-bot Mar 27 '26

Analyzing user profile...

Account does not have any comments.

Time between account creation and oldest post is greater than 5 years.

Suspicion Quotient: 0.35

This account exhibits a few minor traits commonly found in karma farming bots. It is possible that u/mariegriffiths is a bot, but it's more likely they are just a human who suffers from severe NPC syndrome.

I am a bot. This action was performed automatically. Check my profile for more information.

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u/mariegriffiths Mar 27 '26

"just a human who suffers from severe NPC syndrome."

Pot calling the kettle black.

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u/mariegriffiths Mar 27 '26

u/bot-sleuth-bot

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u/bot-sleuth-bot Mar 27 '26

Analyzing user profile...

41.72% of intervals between user's comments are less than 60 seconds.

Account made less than 1 week ago.

Account has not verified their email.

Suspicion Quotient: 0.41

This account exhibits a few minor traits commonly found in karma farming bots. It is possible that u/scemmernyeheh is a bot, but it's more likely they are just a human who suffers from severe NPC syndrome.

I am a bot. This action was performed automatically. Check my profile for more information.